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UNIVERSITY  - OF  « TORONTO 


The  Bulletin 


MARCH  23, 1998  « 51ST  YEAR  - NUMBER  15 


Tuition  and  Aid 
Policies  Debated 


BY  BRUCE  ROLSTON 

tflWTO  STUDENT  OFFERED 
admission  to  a U ofT  pro- 
gram should  be  unable  to  enter  or 
complete  the  program  due  to  a lack 
of  financial  means.” 

So  reads  the  statement  of  princi- 
ple in  the  university’s  new  policy 
on  student  financial  support,  due 
to  go  before  Academic  Board  for 
approval  next  month. 

The  policy,  along  with  its  twin 
policy  on  tuition  fees,  embodies  the 
recommendations  of  the  recent 
provostial  task  force  on  tuition  and 
student  aid.  After  a month  of  con- 
sultation on  campus,  Provost  Adel 
Sedra  has  moved  quickly  to  make 
the  task  force’s  suggestions  into 
permanent  university  policy. 

The  financial  aid  policy  centres 
on  the  task  force’s  key  recommen- 
dation that  the  university  under- 
take to  provide  all  students  grants 
equal  to  the  shortfall  between  their 
total  financial  need,  as  assessed  by 
the  Ontario  Student  Assistance 
Program,  and  what  they  actually 
receive  in  government  loan  and 
grant  assistance. 

In  its  report  the  17-member  task 
force,  chaired  by  Deputy  Provost 
Carolyn  Tuohy  and  Vice-Provost 


Derek  McCammond,  estimated 
such  a promise  would  have  cost  the 
university  an  extra  $1.5  million  in 
grants  to  students,  had  it  been  in 
place  in  the  last  academic  year. 

The  accompanying  policy  on 
tuition  enshrines  many  of  the  task 
force’s  other  recommendations 
including  the  undertaking  to  teU 
new  students  in  future  tuition  fees 
schedules  the  maximum  fee  they 
will  be  charged  over  their  course  of 
study.  The  policy,  approved  by 
Business  Board  on  March  3,  also 
outlines  the  principles  that  will 
govern  the  university  as  it  decides 
tuition  levels  for  its  graduate 
and  professional  programs,  where 
tuition  was  recently  deregulated  by 
the  province. 

Key  principles  in  deciding 
tuition  costs  include  the  need  to 
maintain  quality,  the  cost  of  the 
program,  competitiveness  with 
other  programs,  the  future  income 
of  graduates,  the  level  of  public 
subsidization  and  the  need  for 
cross-subsidization  of  other  uni- 
versity programs,  the  policy  states. 

The  strongest  critic  thus  far 
continues  to  be  alumni  governor 
John  Nestor.  Casting  the  sole  vote 

~ See  TUITION  Page  3 ~ 


Cecil- Cockwell  Named 
Chair  of  Council 


Wendy  CeciTCockiuell 


that  the  governors  have  selected 
me,”  said  Cecil-Cockwell.  “What 
we  have  here  at  the  university  is 
something  worth  preserving.  I’m 
thankful  for  this  opportunity  to  put 
my  shoulder  to  the  wheel  to  help 
preserve  this  special  place  and 
hopefully  improve  it.” 

Outside  the  university  Cecil- 
Cockwell  is  director  of  the  St. 
Michael’s  Hospital  Foundation 
and  president  of  Brookmoor 
Enterprises  Ltd.  She  is  an  honorary 
governor  of  the  Olympic  Trust  of 
Canada,  a trustee  of  the  Fraser 
Institute,  a member  of  the  advisory 
council  of  the  Dancer  Transition 
Resource  Centre  and  serves  on  the 
annual  fund  committee  of 
Branksome  Hall. 

Cecil-Cockwell  replaces  depart- 
ing chair  Anthony  Comper,  whose 
third  three-year  term  on  council 
expires  this  year.  Government 
appointees  to  council,  from  whose 
ranks  the  chair  is  drawn,  are  limit- 
ed to  a maximum  of  three  terms. 

“She  will  bring  to  the  job  a wealth 

~ See  CECIL  Page  9 ~ 


WENDY  Cecil-Cockwell 
will  be  the  new  chair  of 
Governing  Council,  effective 
July  1. 

Currently  the  vice-chair  of  council, 
CecU-Cockwell  received  her  BA 
from  U ofT  in  1971.  A volunteer  in 
various  capacities  on  campus  for  the 
last  15  years,  she  also  serves  as  chair 
of  the  U of  T Presidents’  Circle. 

“I’m  aware  of  the  weight  of  the 
responsibility  and  deeply  honoured 


Mediated  Manley 


John  Manley,  the  federal  minister  of  industry,  spoke  on  campus  March  12  as  part  of the  McLuhan  Programs  Canada 
by  Design  visionary  speaker  series.  Manley,  vohose  lecture  was  titled  Designing  a Canadian  Knowledge  Nation,  reit- 
erated the  throne  speech  promise  to  “ensure  all  Canadians  have  access  to  a world-leading  information  infrastructure 
and  the  know-how  to  use  it,”  in  part  through  a $55  million  investment  to  create  the  worlds first  nationwide  optical 
broadband  computer  infrastructure  network. 


Planning  for  End  of  Lean  Years 


BY  BRUCE  ROLSTON 

JUST  AS  THE  federal  GOVERNMENT 
is  debating  what  its  priorities 
should  be  in  the  coming  years  of 
budget  surpluses,  the  university  is 
examining  what  its  priorities  will  be 
once  it  balances  its  own  budget  in 
1999-2000. 

Combined  with  a hoped-for 
return  to  adequate  funding  for 
universities  by  the  provincial  gov- 
ernment once  its  financial  house  is 
also  in  order,  the  coming  years  hold 
great  promise  for  the  university, 
says  Provost  Adel  Sedra.  “We  wiU 
then  be  in  a period  that  we  hope  to 
be  one  of  relative  financial  stability 
and  continual  quality  enhance- 
ment,” he  told  Business  Board 
March  10. 

The  board  was  reviewing  the 
university’s  new  set  of  long-range 
budget  guidelines,  which  comprise 
the  assumptions  and  objectives  that 
will  govern  university  budgeting 
until  2004. 

The  key  assumption,  Sedra  said, 
is  that  finally  eliminating  the  uni- 
versity’s accumulated  deficit  — a 
long  sought-after  objective  that  has 
been  delayed  by  recent  provincial 
cutbacks  as  well  as  an  anticipated 
end  to  those  same  cutbacks  — will 
allow  the  university  to  return  to  a 
period  of  overall  revenue  growth. 
That  growth  wiU  come  from  a 


combination  of  increased  provincial 
funding  and  tuition  increases  for  an 
anticipated  average  increase  in  the 
university’s  net  revenue  — currendy 
$600  mUlion  — of  two  per  cent  a 
year  above  the  cost  of  inflation, 
Sedra  said.  “This  growth  wiU  be 
deployed  to  effect  program  quality 
improvement.” 

Exactly  how  much  of  that  two 
per  cent  wiU  come  from  tuition  wiU 
depend  on  the  province.  If  the  gov- 
ernment increases  its  grant  to  U ofT 
by  the  fiiU  two  per  cent  a year  the 
university  is  seeking,  then  tuition 
need  not  go  up  at  all  in  the  first  half 
of  the  next  decade,  Sedra  said. 

That  piece  of  good  news  also 
depends,  however,  on  employee 
compensation  increases  during  that 
time  being  held  to  0.5  per  cent 
below  inflation,  plus  merit  pay,  the 
long-term  guidelines  state. 

Another  caveat  is  that  net  tuition 
income  be  aUowed  to  increase  by  10 
per  cent  for  the  last  two  years  of  the 
current  decade,  since  provincial 
grants  wiU  be  essentiaUy  frozen  for 
those  two  years. 

The  provost  also  repeated  his 
promise  that  this  fall  wiU  see  a new 
academic  plan,  a “white  paper  two,” 
to  guide  the  new  period  of  growth 
just  as  the  last  white  paper  guided 
the  university  through  the  recent 
cutbacks. 

The  guidelines  have  attracted 


some  criticism.  At  Business  Board, 
board  member  John  Tory  again 
criticized  U of  T and  Ontario  uni- 
versities as  a whole  for  subverting 
the  provincial  Progressive 
Conservative  party’s  plans  for  tax- 
payer relief  when  they  offset  the  lat- 
est funding  cuts  imposed  on  them 
with  large  increases  in  tuition.  “I  do 
not  believe  that  was  the  premier’s 
intent  when  he  announced  the 
Common  Sense  Revolution,”  Tory 
said.  Instead  U of  T should  have 
responded  to  the  provincial  cuts 
through  further  reductions  in  its  base 
budget,  Tory  said. 

But  Sedra  said  such  a strategy 
would  be  extremely  damaging 
when  taken  on  top  of  the  $27.6 
million  in  net  reductions  he  has 
already  had  to  impose  since  the 
beginning  of  the  white  paper  plan- 
ning period.  Any  such  cuts  could 
only  transfer  into  further  staff 
reductions  on  top  of  the  more  than 
1,100  positions  that  have  been  lost 
since  1991  and  reductions  in  the 
quality  of  education  and  research, 
Sedra  said. 

President  Rob  Prichard  agreed. 
“There  is  no  indicator  I know  of 
that  tells  me  we  spend  too  much  on 
educating  our  students.  Through 
this  period  we  have  spent  too  little 
on  the  quality  of  education.  It’s  not 
good  that  we  have  a higher  faculty- 
student  ratio  today  than  before.” 


JEWEL  RANDOLPH 


In  Brief 

'■  == 


Taylor  New  Chancellor  of  Victoria 

Former  Canadian  ambassador  Kenneth  Taylor  will  be  installeij 
as  chancellor  of  Viaoria  University  May  14.  He  succeeds  the  Very 
Reverend  Sang  Chul  Lee,  chancellor  since  1992.  Taylor,  who  received 
his  BA  from  Victoria  College  in  1957,  joined  the  Canadian  foreign  ser- 
vice in  1959,  a career  he  followed  for  25  years.  His  last  two  assignments 
were  as  ambassador  in  Iran  from  1977  to  1980  and  as  consul  general  in 
New  York  from  1981  to  1984.  It  was  while  he  was  in  Iran  during  that 
country’s  revolution  that  he  and  embassy  colleagues  offered  a safe 
haven  to  six  U.S.  diplomats  and  helped  secure  their  evennial  return  to 
the  United  States  after  their  embassy  was  seized  by  revolutionaries. 


Hawkings  to  Speak  at  Convocation  HaU 

A GROUP  OF  ARTS  & SCIENCE  STUDENTS  KNOWN  AS  THE  GLOBAL 
Knowledge  Foundation  has  persuaded  one  of  the  world’s  most  famous 
scientists  to  give  a lecture  at  U ofT.  Professor  Stephen  Hawking  of  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  best  known  for  his  work  on  black  holes  and 
his  best-selling  hoo\i  A Brief  History  of  Time,  wUl  discuss  his  search  for 
a “theory  of  everything”  at  Convocation  Hall  April  27  at  6:30  p.m. 
Funds  from  the  lecture  will  establish  an  undergraduate  scholarship  in 
Hawking’s  name.  Tickets  for  the  lecture  sold  out  over  the  weekend. 


Playing  field  renovations  approved 

U OF  T WILL  BE  RESURFACING  ITS  PLAYING  FIELD  IN  THE  LOWER 
Annex  neighbourhood  this  spring.  FoUovring  extensive  consultation 
with  local  residents’  associations,  the  Faculty  of  Physical  Education  and 
Health’s  plans  for  improving  the  Robert  Street  field  were  approved  by 
the  municipal  area  liaison  committee  earlier  this  month.  The  field  will 
be  reserved  for  use  by  U of  T and  University  of  Toronto  Schools  on 
weekdays,  giving  the  community  access  on  weekends.  Long-term  plans 
include  tearing  down  the  site’s  ice  rink  and  two  of  its  three  tennis  courts 
and  installing  a larger  athletic  field  with  an  all-weather  surface. 


Graham  acclaimed  to  sixth  term 

Professor  Bill  Graham  of  philosophy  at  the  University  of 
Toronto  at  Scarborough  has  been  acclaimed  for  a sixth  term  as  presi- 
dent of  the  U ofT  Faculty  Association.  Graham,  vice-president  of  the 
Canadian  Association  of  University  Teachers,  has  served  the  associa- 
tion as  a member  of  every  salary,  benefit  and  pensions  negotiation  team 
during  the  past  10  years. 


Awards  <&  Honours 


Faculty  of  Applied  Science  & 
Engineering 

Professor  Emeritus  M.Jane  Phillips  of  chemical 
engineering  and  applied  chemistry  will  be  invested 
into  Professional  Engineers  Ontario  Order  of  Honour 
April  24  as  a companion  of  the  order.  Being  named  to 
the  order  recognizes  outstanding  contributions  to  the 
profession;  the  ceremony  will  be  part  of  PEO’s  annual 
meeting  and  conference  in  Cornwall,  Ontario. 

Professor  Gabrielle  Boulianne  of  physiology 
has  been  awarded  the  1997  Ruth  Salta  Junior 
Investigator  Achievement  Award  for  Alzheimer’s 
Disease  Research,  given  by  the  American  Health 
Assistance  Foundation  to  a scientist  showing  promise 
in  age-related  and  degenerative  disease.  Boulianne’s 
research  is  using  the  fruit  fly  Drosophila  melanogaster 
as  a model  system  to  study  Alzheimer’s  disease. 

Professor  David  Clarke  of  the  Department 

of  Medicine  and  cross-appointed  to  biochemistry  has 
received  the  1998  Canadian  Society  of  Biochemistry 
and  Molecular  Biology  Merck  Frosst  Prize.  The  award 
recognizes  young  scientists  who  have  developed  an 
accomplished  record  of  research  in  biochemistry  or 
molecular  biology  within  the  first  decade  of  their 
independent  scientific  careers. 

Professor  Kim  Vicente  of  mechanical  and 

industrial  engineering  has  been  appointed  a member 
of  the  Committee  on  Human  Factors  by  the  U.S. 
National  Research  Council  for  the  period  Feb.  1, 
1998,  to  Jan.  31, 2001.  The  council  is  an  agency  of  the 
National  Academy  of  Science  and  advices  the  U.S. 

government  on  ergonomics. 

Professor  Tony  Pawson  of  medical  genetics 
and  microbiology  has  been  selected  to  receive  the 
1998  American  Association  of  Cancer  Research- 
PezeoUer  International  Award  for  Cancer  Research,  a 
new  award  given  biennially  to  recognize  a scientist 
who  has  made  a major  scientific  discovery  in  the  field 
of  cancer  research.  The  award  is  in  recognition  of  his 
groundbreaking  research  into  how  cells  communicate 
and  is  accompanied  by  a prize  of  $100,000  (US). 

Faculty  of  Arts  & Science 

Ilijas  Farah  of  mathematics  is  the  co-recipient 
of  the  1997  Sacks  Prize  with  Tom  Scanlon  of  the 
Mathematical  Sciences  Research  Institute,  Berkeley, 
California.  The  prize  recognizes  the  author(s)  of  the 
best  doctoral  dissertation(s)  in  mathematical  logic 
each  year.  Farah  received  his  PhD  in  June  1997. 

Professor  Bruce  Pomeranz  of  zoology  (with 

a cross  appointment  to  physiology)  is  the  recipient  of 
the  1998  Lifo  Prize  of  $25,000  for  “distinguished 
achievements  in  research  in  acupuncture.”  The  award 
recognizes  his  discovery  that  acupuncture  reduces  pain 
by  releasing  endorphins  in  the  brain;  it  also  recognizes 
his  numerous  publications  on  the  scientific  basis  of 
acupuncture. 

OISE/UT 

Professors  Robbie  Case  and  David  Olson  of 
the  Centre  for  Applied  Cognitive  Science  at 
OISE/UT  were  elected  fellows  of  the  National 
Academy  of  Education  of  the  U.S.  Membership  to 
the  academy  is  limited  to  125  persons  whose 
accomplishments  in  the  field  of  education  are 
judged  outstanding. 

Faculty  of  Medicine 

Professor  Sylvia  Asa  of  laboratory  medicine 

and  pathobiology  will  be  awarded  the  Arthur  Purdy 
Stout  Prize  at  the  1998  United  States  and  Canadian 
Academy  of  Pathology  meeting.  The  prize  recognizes 
significant  career  achievements  in  surgical  pathology 
by  young  surgical  pathologists  whose  research  publi- 
cations, basic  and  clinical,  have  had  a major  impact  on 
diagnostic  pathology. 

Faculty  of  Plwsical  Fducation 
& Health 

Byron  MacDonald,  Varsity  Blues  swim  team 
coach,  was  voted  both  men’s  and  women’s  1997-98 
Ontario  University  Athletics  (OUA)  swimming  coach 
of  the  year.  The  awards  are  voted  on  at  the  champi- 
onships by  the  15  coaches  in  the  league;  it  is  rare  that 
both  honours  are  awarded  to  the  same  person. 

On  the  Internet 


i— 


Not  ONLY  DID  THE  SCHOOL 
of  Architecture  and 
Landscape  Architecture 
recently  revamp  its  under- 
graduate and  graduate  pro- 
grams, it  has  a new  digital 
Web  site.  Although  I found 
this  Web  site  difficult  to  navi- 
gate through,  it’s  certainly  a showcase  for  the  SALA’s  talented 
staff,  faculty  and  students.  The  site  gives  viewers  incredible 
insights  into  these  changing  professions  that  now  entail  the  use 
of  computer  technology,  animation  and  modelling.  One  of  my 
favourite  student  projects  is  Knowledge  Mapping  Images  where 
one  learns  to  appreciate  the  rationale  behind  an  architect’s  vision 
and  design.  Faculty  works  of  interest  include  Crossings,  a 3D 
virtual  landscapes  project.  The  Information  Technology  Design 
Centre,  a resource  for  the  school,  features  a fonky  student  gallery 
and  a cyber  tour  of  a virtual  metropolis,  provided  you  have  the 
adequate  software. 


http:// www.saia.utoronto.ca 


The  Oympaign  for  U of  T 

www.uoftcampaigii.com 

Research  Updates  (Notices) 

www.library.utoronto.ca/www/rir/limpage/ 

PhD  Orals 

wwiv.  sgs.utoronto.ca/plid_orals.htni 

U OF T Job  Opportunities 

www.utoronto.ca:80/jobopps 

If  you  want  your  site  featured  in  this  space, 
please  contact  Audrey  Fong,  community 
relations  officer,  at;  audrey.fong(£'’utoronto.ca 


Imagine  standing  at  a grocery  checkout  counter. 
Suppose  your  portable  computer  recognizes  the  cashier  and 
superimposes  a shopping  list  (of  your  most  recent  purchases)  on 
her  image.  And  you  can  see  all  of  this  in  your  sunglasses.  Here’s 
a unique  opportunity  to  view  it  from  the  perspective  of  Professor 
Steve  Mann  of  electrical  and  computer  engineering  who 
researches  humanistic  intelligence  and  wearable  computers.  He’s 
not  only  a visionary  scientist  but  a fascinating  artist. 

http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~monn 

Participating  in  digital  democracy 

This  unique  Web  site  is  offered  by  the  McLlhan  Program 
in  Culture  and  Technology  and  the  Faculty  of  Information 
Studies  in  conjunction  with  the  Canada  by  Design  visionary 
speaker  series  (Jan.  15  to  April  9).  Media  moguls,  government 
leaders  and  media  critics  share  their  visions  on  the  future  of 
Canada  as  linked  to  its  policies  on  new  media.  If  you  can’t  attend 
these  public  forums,  you  can  to  \dew  text  excerpts  of  the  speakers’ 
forums  by  clicking  onto  the  “he  said  ...  she  said”  icons,  plus  have 
your  say  in  the  Vox  Pop  section. 

http://www.candesign.utoronto.ca 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 2 — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


JEWEL  RANDOLPH 


Faculty,  Staff  Respond  to  Appeal 


INITIAL  RESPONSE  BY  EMPLOYEES 
to  this  year’s  faculty-staff  appeal 
has  been  very  positive,  says  Jon 
Dellandrea,  vice-president  and 
chief  development  officer. 

Dellandrea  said  he  was  particu- 
larly pleased  with  the  100  per  cent 
participation  rate  among  principals 
and  deans  in  the  “Great  Match  for 
Great  Minds”  appeal.  “This  partic- 
ipation clearly  shows  the  tremen- 
dous commitment  of  our  senior 
academic  leadership  to  our  mission 
and  to  ensuring  the  campaign’s  suc- 
cess,” Dellandrea  said.  “It  sets  an 
example  to  the  university’s  external 
constituents.” 

The  chair  of  the  senior  staff  por- 
tion of  the  appeal.  Professor  Bruce 
Kidd,  agreed  with  Dellandrea, 
citing  the  participation  rate  as  proof 
university  academic  leaders  are 
strongly  committed  to  its  current 
fundraising  campaign.  “I  am 
delighted  — but  not  surprised  — by 
the  overwhelming  support  of  prin- 
cipals and  deans  for  the  Campaign,” 
said  Kidd,  dean  of  the  Faculty  of 
Physical  Education  and  Health. 

Ten  thousand  campus  employees 
received  pledge  packages  in  early 


February  asking  them  to  support 
diverse  initiatives  in  the  university’s 
faculties,  colleges  and  departments, 
everything  from  student  scholar- 
ships and  bursaries  to  library  acqui- 
sitions. To  encourage  contributions, 
the  university  has  promised  to 
match  with  its  own  funds  all  facul- 
ty and  staff  gifts  made  or  pledged 
before  the  end  of  1998  and  paid 
before  Dec.  31,  2002. 

Many  individuals  who  have 
given  already  say  their  contribution 
stems  from  a desire  to  make  a 
meaningful  contribution  to  the 
quality  of  student  life. 

One  such  staff  member  is  Julie 
Berger,  secretary  to  the  principal 
at  Victoria  College.  This  year’s 
matching  program  enabled  Berger 
to  create  a bursary  in  the  name  of 
her  late  husband.  Professor  Jacques 
Berger  of  zoology.  Berger  was  well 
known  for  his  work  in  collecting 
biological  specimens  from  all  over 
the  world  and  the  bursary  being 
established  in  his  name  will 
support  undergraduate  students 
participating  in  field  biology  courses. 

Another  employee  benefactor  is 
Professor  John  Hawkins  of  the 


Faculty  of  Music.  Hawkins  says 
he  firmly  believes  private  dona- 
tions are  increasingly  important 
for  student  support  and  that,  as  a 
faculty  member,  he  had  to 
respond.  “I  feel  that  my  contribu- 
tion sets  a positive  example  for 
newer  faculty  mernbers  about  the 
responsibility  of  faculty  and  staff 
towards  student  aid,”  said 
Hawkins.  “Payroll  deduction  over 
the  five  year  pledge  period  made 
giving  relatively  painless.” 

At  the  Institute  of  Child  Study 
at  OISE/UT  employees  are  work- 
ing collectively  to  raise  funds  for 
one  large  project.  The  institute’s 
faculty  and  staff  are  using  the  Great 
Match  appeal  to  help  raise  $25,000 
in  support  of  the  Robert  Seth 
Kingsley  Graduate  Student 
Fellowship  fund.  Named  for  a 
special  child  who  overcame  his 
disabilities  and  enriched  the  lives  of 
his  family  and  friends,  the  fund  will 
provide  annual  fellowships  “to 
student -teachers  with  outstanding 
abilities  in  teaching  children  with 
special  needs,”  said  Jennifer 
Hardacre,  alumni  development 
officer  at  the  institute. 


Margaret  Streadwick  (left)  and  Joy  Forbes  are  raising  funds  for  a 
Westindian  exchange fellowship. 


Rescue  a Cause  for  Thanks 


Seeking  Donors 


BYAILSA  FERGUSON 

To  THANK  THE  PEOPLE  OF 
Barbados  for  rescuing  a mem- 
ber of  the  Varsity  Blues  swim  team, 
the  Faculty  of  Physical  Education 
and  Health  and  the  swimmer’s  fam- 
ily have  donated  $1,000  US  to  the 
University  of  the  West  Indies. 

At  a press  conference  held  March 
6,  D’Arcy  Thorpe,  Canada’s  deputy 
high  commissioner  in  Barbados, 
presented  the  cheque  to  representa- 
tives of  the  University  of  West 
Indies  along  with  a letter  of 
appreciation  from  President  Robert 
Prichard.  Also  recognized  were  the 
two  men  instmmental  in  the  rescue. 
Dr.  Graham  MacGeoch  and  tourist 
helicopter  pilot  George  Morris.  , 
Simon  Eberlie,  co-captain  of  the 


swim  team  for  the  last  two  years  and 
in  his  final  year  at  the  faculty,  almost 
drowned  during  training  camp  in 
Barbados  in  January.  Team  members 
themselves  pay  for  the  trip. 

On  Jan.  3,  their  day  off,  a group 
of  about  12  went  exploring  the 
rocky  northern  tip  oGthe  island. 
Looking  out  over  the  50-foot  drop 
into  the  ocean,  Eberlie,  a three-time 
national  champion,  and  two  of  his 
mates  — Steve  Georgiev  and  Andy 
Sundararajan  — ventured  down 
onto  a ledge  about  10  feet  below  the 
top.  When  a huge  wave  crashed 
against  the  rocks  the  two  who  were 
standing  were  able  to  hang  on; 
Eberlie,  sitting,  “had  no  chance  to 
get  up  and  grab  anything”  and  was 
dragged  off  the  ledge  into  the  surf 
below,  U of  T swim  coach  Byron 


MacDonald  said,  recounting  the  story. 

Sundararajan,  after  scrambling 
up  from  the  ledge  and  running 
frantically  along  the  cliff  top, 
met  MacGeoch,  out  jogging. 
MacGeoch  had  a cell  phone  and 
called  his  pilot  friend  Morris  of 
Bajan  Helicopters,  who  was  able  to 
rescue  Eberlie. 

“The  team  wanted  to  do  some- 
thing,” MacDonald  said.  “We  first 
approached  the  pilot  about  paying 
for  his  services  and  he  refused, 
saying  it  was  his  civic  duty.”  After 
the  event  became  front-page  news 
in  the  local  papers,  “Thorpe  and  I 
chatted  about  what  would  be  the 
appropriate  course  of  action,” 
MacDonald  said,  “and  he  came  up 
with  the  idea  of  a donation  to  the 
local  university.” 


A Bunch  of  Daffydils 


The  castofDaffydil,  the  Medical  Society's  annual  theatrical  revue,  pauses  during  rehearsals  at  Hart  HouseTheatre. 
The  show,  which  raises  funds  every  year for  the  Canadian  Cancer  Society,  ran from  March  4 to  7.  In  the foreground 
are  (from  the  left)  second-year  medical  students  Cherine  Salem,  Sohal  Goyal,  and  Anita  Jethwa. 


BY  HAROLD  HEFT 

TWO  STAFF  MEMBERS  HAVE 
been  using  the  Great  Match 
for  Great  Minds  appeal  to  support 
a very  special  cause. 

Margaret  Streadwick  and  Joy 
Forbes,  who  work  in  the  Division 
of  Development  and  University 
Relations,  are  canvassing  their  col- 
leagues to  support  the  Louise 
Bennett  Graduate  Exchange 
Fellowship.  The  fellowship,  named 
for  the  renowned  Jamaican  poet 
and  educator  “Miss  Lou”  Bennett, 
is  awarded  annually  to  a graduate 
student  from  U of  T or  the 
University  of  the  West  Indies 
working  in  the  area  of  West  Indian 
literature  or  drama. 

Streadwick  and  Forbes’  ultimate 
goal  is  to  raise  enough  money  to 
endow  the  scholarship,  which, 
since  1994,  has  provided  at  least 
$5,000  of  support  per  year  to  its 
recipient. 

Streadwick  said  that  she  was 
looking  for  a way  to  commemorate 
both  her  25  years  of  work  at  the 
University  of  the  West  Indies  and 
21  years  at  U of  T when  she  heard 
of  the  fellowship.  “I  couldn’t  think 
of  a better  way  to  celebrate  my 
career  at  these  great  universities, 
and  to  commemorate  the  50th 
anniversary  of  the  University  of 
the  West  Indies,  than  by  helping 
students,”  said  Streadwick,  espe- 
cially since  Caribbean  studies  is  an 


area  of  growing  interest  at  U of  T 
and  in  Toronto  as  a whole,  she 
said. 

Forbes,  who  celebrates  18  years 
at  U of  T this  month,  agreed.  “Just 
the  idea  of  giving  a student  a help- 
ing hand  was  enough  to  get  me 
involved,”  she  said.  “I’m  also  happy 
to  be  contributing  to  West  Indian 
studies.  It  is  a topic  of  great  per- 
sonal significance  and  I wouldn’t 
want  to  see  it  neglected.” 

Professor  Michael  Marrus,  dean 
of  the  School  of  Graduate  Studies, 
said  he  was  thankful  for  the  pair’s 
initiative.  “Graduate  fellowships 
are  a major  development  priority  at 
the  School  of  Graduate  Studies. 
That  is  why  it  is  so  encouraging  to 
see  U ofT  staff  members  taking  a 
personal  interest  in  our  students’ 
work.  It  signals  to  graduate 
students  that  their  work  is  valued 
and  appreciated.” 

Although  U of  T employees 
have  been  responding  enthusiasti- 
cally to  Streadwick  and  Forbes’  call 
for  matched  contributions,  they 
stiU  have  a long  way  to  go  toward 
endowing  the  Louise  Bennett 
Fellowship.  Despite  this  challenge 
they  are  inspired  by  the  Great 
Match  appeal.  “It  doubles  our 
chances  of  reaching  our  destination,” 
Streadwick  said. 

Anyone  interested  in  contributing 
to  the  Louise  Bennett  Fellowship  or 
any  other  campaign  priority  are 
welcome  to  call  978-8638. 


Tuition,  Aid  Debated 


~ Continued from  Page  1 ~ 
against  the  tuition  policy  at 
Business  Board,  Nestor  said  the 
university  administration  should 
have  presented  a combined  policy 
for  review  by  both  boards,  rather 
than  trying  to  exclude  questions 
about  student  aid  policy  from  the 


purview  of  Business  Board. 

“These  financial  aid  policies  are 
impossible  to  divorce.  Separating  them 
imposes  an  artificial  distinction  which 
is  meaningless  to  the  student.  I,  for 
instance,  may  be  in  favour  of  fee  differ- 
entiation, but  I may  not  be  in  favour 
of  student  aid  differentiation.” 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 3 — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


JEWEL  RANDOLPH 


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Bell  donates  $800,000  to  social  ‘work 


BY JANE  STIRLING 

SOCIAL  SERVICE  AGENCIES  WALK 
a fine  line  between  protecting 
family  rights  and  a child’s  safety,  says 
Peter  Pecora,  a professor  in  the 
School  of  Social  Work  at  the 
University  ofWashington  in  Seatde. 

Pecora,  who  is  also  a child  welfare 
researcher  with  Seattle’s  Casey 
Family  Program  (a  privately 
endowed  operating  foundation  that 
focuses  on  children  in  long-term 
foster  care),  said  social  service 
providers  must  carefully  weigh  the 
pros  and  cons  to  maintaining  fami- 
ly unity  or  splitting  up  a family  and 
putting  a child  into  foster  care. 
Speaking  at  the  First  Canadian 
Round  Table  on  Child  Welfare 
Outcomes  at  the  Hotel 
Intercontinental  on  March  19,  he 
emphasized  there  is  no  perfect 
across-the-board  answer  for  fami- 
lies needing  assistance  — different 
family  situations  require  different 
solutions. 

Agencies  must  offer  a mix  of  ser- 
vices — including  family  preserva- 
tion and  foster  care  — to  meet  the 
needs  of  children  in  their  care,  he 
said.  In  some  cases  young  people 
benefit  from  interventions  that  keep 
the  family  together.  Research 


suggests  that  children  or  youth  with 
mental  illnesses,  those  with  school 
conduct  problems  and  some  juve- 
nile delinquents  are  better  served 
when  they  remain  in  their  own  fam- 
ily receiving  social  service  support, 
rather  than  being  placed  in  foster 
care.  “Family  preservation  services 
are  about  maintaining  family  ties,” 
he  said  in  an  interview.  “They 
prevent  placement  trauma. 
Unfortunately  we  often  traumatize 
kids  when  we  put  them  into  care.” 

However,  Pecora  said  family  • 
problems  of  severe  substance  abuse 
or  child  maltreatment  would  neces- 
sitate a child’s  removal  from  a 
harmful  home  situation. 

Also  at  the  round  table,  orga- 
nized by  the  Faculty  of  Social 
Work,  Bell  Canada  announced  an 
$800,000  gift  for  the  creation  of  a 
new  research  unit  in  the  faculty.  The 
Bell  Canada  Child  Welfare 
Research  Unit  will  conduct  and  dis- 
seminate research  on  child  and  fam- 
ily services  in  Ontario  and  across 
Canada,  focusing  specifically  on 
child  maltreatment.  The  unit  will 
link  social  service  agencies,  govern- 
ment and  academic  researchers 
across  Canada  and  increase  access 
to  their  work  through  Web-based 
technology  and  a series  of  round-table 


discussions.  It  wUl  also  serve  as  a 
training  centre  for  doctoral  students 
and  service  providers  as  well  as  a 
place  from  which  agency-based 
research  can  be  conducted. 

The  goal  for  researchers  is  to 
develop  and  evaluate  effective  child 
welfare  services  and  policies  aimed 
at  preventing  child  abuse  and 
neglect,  said  Professor  Nico 
Trocme,  director  of  the  unit.  A 
number  of  national  child  welfare 
studies,  including  a survey  on 
violence  against  children,  will  be 
conducted. 

Professor  Wesley  Shera,  dean  of 
social  work,  said  Bell’s  gift  will 
enhance  the  faculty’s  ability  to  devel- 
op a comprehensive  child  welfare 
research  agenda  and  to  respond 
effectively  to  agency  and  government 
requests  for  research  assistance. 

Patricia  Brady  Tremaine,  vice- 
president,  Ontario  Consumer 
Markets  for  BeU  Canada,  said  BeU 
is  pleased  to  take  a leadership  role  in 
child  welfare.  “The  area  of  child 
welfare  demands  more  attention, 
focus  and  resources  from  corporate 
Canada.  Business  and  community 
leaders  like  Bell  Canada  need  to 
become  more  involved  in  the  issues 
that  affect  our  society  and  its 
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JEWEL  RANDOLPH 


Second-year  laiu  student  Michael  Shore  debates  the  motion,  “Canada  should  not participate  in  military  action  against 
Iraq, " at  Hart  House  March  3.  Later  the  same  -week.  Shore  won  the  top  prize for  individual  debating  at  the  National 
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Hart  House  Debates  Iraq  Issue 


CANADIANS  SHOULD  PLAY  NO 
role  in  any  American-led  mil- 
itary action  against  Iraq,  said  that 
country’s  ambassador,  speaking  on 
campus  March  3. 

Haitham  Al-Najjar  was  speaking 
at  a special  debate  hosted  by  the 
Hart  House  Debates  Committee, 
the  same  week  that  a small 
Canadian  military  force  arrived  in 
the  Middle  East  to  join  an  anti- 
Iraq  coalition.  The  crowd  of  around 
100  heard  Al-Najjar’s  criticize  the 
countries  of  the  United  Nations  for 
blindly  following  the  U.S.  line  in 
the  Middle  East.  “The  current  cri- 
sis has  been  escalated  from  no  crisis 


to  a very  serious  crisis  by  America.” 

Noting  that  the  most  recent 
international  crisis  involving  his 
country  had  to  do  with  Iraq’s  insis- 
tence that  limits  be  put  on  the 
activities  of  UN  arms  inspectors, 
Al-Najjar  reminded  his  audience 
that  his  country  has  endured  the 
arms  inspection  resolutions  of  the 
UN  Security  Council  for  the  last 
seven  years,  despite  the  lack  of  any 
encouragement  from  the  security 
council  in  the  form  of  an  easing  of 
economic  sanctions  imposed  after 
that  country’s  1991  war  with  a 
U.S. -led  coalition. 

Before  the  ambassador’s 


comments.  Hart  House’s  award- 
winning debate  team  had  argued 
both  sides  of  the  resolution,  “Canada 
should  not  participate  in  military 
action  against  Iraq.”  Second-year  law 
students  Michael  Kortes  and  Paul 
McCulloch  ai'gued  against  the  resolu- 
tion. “The  rest  of  the  world  has  two 
options:  submit  to  the  will  of  Iraq  and 
let  it  do  whatever  it  wants,  or  resist 
with  violence,”  said  McCulloch. 

Law  student  Michael  Shore  and 
University  College  alumna 
Katherine  Needham  argued  that 
Canada  should  confine  itself  to  a 
diplomatic  role  in  any  future  crisis, 
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University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 6 — Monday,  March  23, 1998 

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Gift-in-Kind  to  ECE 


Altera  Corporation,  based 
in  San  Jose,  California,  has 
donated  hardware  and  software 
equipment  valued  at  more  than  $1 
million  to  the  Faculty  of  Applied 
Science  and  Engineering,  making  it 
the  largest  contribution  ever  made 
by  the  high-tech  company  to  a 
Canadian  university. 

The  gift-in-kind  to  the 
Department  of  Electrical  and 
Computer  Engineering  s new  digital 
systems  laboratories  includes  450 
compact  disc  student  software  pack- 
ages and  140  full  software  licences. 
Altera  has  also  provided  the 
laboratories  with  40  programmable 
logic  prototyping  boards  — hard- 
ware that  enhances  and  facilitates 
the  user’s  ability  to  design 
microelectronic  chips. 

“Altera’s  gift  has  revolutionized 


our  capability  to  teach  complex 
hardware  design  to  our  students,” 
said  Professor  Safwat  Zaky,  chair  of 
the  department.  “They’ve  provided 
us  "with  state-of-the-art  hardware 
and  software  currently  used  by  top 
engineers  in  the  industry.  It  has 
given  U of  T students  a real  edge.” 

The  digital  systems  laboratories 
were  established  last  fall  and  serve 
more  than  600  undergraduate  and 
graduate  students  in  the  depart- 
ment. The  Altera  gift-in-kind  will 
further  enhance  the  department’s 
plans  to  double  its  enrolment, 
Zaky  said. 

Founded  in  1983,  Altera 
Corporation  is  a worldwide  leader 
in  high-performance,  high-density 
programmable  logic  devices  and 
associated  computer  aided  engineering 
logic  development  tools. 


Mathematics  Benefits 


A GIFT  FROM  LONGTIME  U OFT 
donor  Marian  Robertson  adds 
up  to  three  exciting  developments 
for  the  Department  of 
Mathematics.  The  gift  will  create  a 
new  endowed  chair  in  applied 
mathematics,  an  accompanying 
new  position  at  the  assistant  facul- 
ty level  within  the  department  and 
a new  student  scholarship  fund. 

The  Norman  Stuart  Robertson 
Chair  in  Applied  Mathematics  is 
named  in  memory  of  Robertson’s 
late  husband  who  graduated  from 
U of  T in  1914  with  BA  in 


mathematics  and  physics.  He  then 
went  to  Osgoode  Hall  Law  School 
and  had  a distinguished  record  at 
the  Bar  of  Ontario  and  in  Canadian 
business. 

Professor  Carl  Anarhein,  dean  of 
the  Faculty  of  Arts  and  Science, 
said  the  benefits  of  the  gift  will 
have  impact  on  students  and  schol- 
ars in  many  faculties.  “The  research 
and  teaching  this  gift  supports  will 
provide  new  connections  between 
the  mathematics  department  and 
the  use  of  mathematics  in  many 
other  fields,”  Amrhein  noted. 


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Charting  the  Canadian  Poiiticai  Economy 

Chair:  David  Wolfe 

Participants:  Wallace  Clement 

Marjorie  Griffin  Cohen 
Ronald  Delbert 
Josee  Legauit 

Session  II: 

Contradictions  of  a Continental  Economy 

Chair:  Laurell  Ritchie, 

Participants:  Alejandro  Alvares 
Cordon  Laxer 
Nancy  Riche 
Leah  Vosko 


Session  III: 

Aboriginal  Peoples  and  the  North 

Chair:  Peter  Russell 

Participants:  Steve  Kakfwi 

Phoebe  Nahanni 
John  A.  Olthuis 
Mary  Simon 

Session  IV: 

What's  Left? 

Chair:  Patricia  Smart 

Participants:  Ash  Amin 

Aldolfo  Gilly 
Naomi  Klein 
Frances  Lankin 


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University  ofToronto  Bulletin  — 7 — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


Lemon  in  the 
Limelight 


UOF  T ALUMNUS  ATOM 
Egoyan,  nominated  last 
week  for  two  Academy  Awards 
for  his  film  The  Sweet  Hereafter., 
may  be  hogging  all  the  limelight 
but  a U of  T academic  also  has  a 
small  role  in  tonight’s  Oscars. 

The  film  Good  Will  Hunting, 
nominated  for  best  picture, 
includes  a modest  reference  to 
Professor  Emeritus  James 
Lemon  of  geography.  In  a 
barroom  scene  the  movie’s  hero 
gets  a Harvard  co-ed’s  phone 
number  by  using  his  knowledge 
of  Lemon’s  theories  on  colonial 
development  to  demonstrate  his 
intellectual  superiority  over  a 
rival.  The  exact  words: 

“You  just  finished  reading  some 
Marxian  historian,  Pete  Garrison 
prob’ly,  and  so  naturally  that’s 


what  you  believe  until  next  month 
when  you  get  to  James  Lemon  and 
get  convinced  that  Virginia  and 
Pennsylvania  were  strongly  entre- 
preneurial and  capitalist  back  in 
1740.  That’ll  last  until  sometime 
in  your  second  year,  then  you’ll  be 
in  here  regurgitating  Gordon 
Wood  ...  Do  you  have  any 
thoughts  of  your  own  on  the 
subject  or  were  you  just  gonna 
plagiarize  the  whole  book  for  me?” 
Lemon  says  he  isn’t  sure 
whether  to  be  flattered  by  the 
reference  or  not.  “I  have  mixed 
feelings  about  it.” 

The  movie,  which  also 
includes  a cameo  by  physics 
professor  Patrick  O’Donnell  as  a 
barfly,  was  nominated  for  eight 
other  awards,  including  best 
original  screenplay. 


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Revising  Geologic  Time 


BY  MEGAN  EASTON 

Researchers  in  the  Depart- 
ment  of  Physics  have  devel- 
oped a new  technique  to  determine 
the  age  of  sedimentary  rocks  that 
could  refine  the  geologic  time  scale 
and  provide  new  insight  into  global 
sea  level  variations. 

In  a study  published  in  the 
March  6 issue  of  Science,  the  inves- 
tigators describe  the  laser  probe 
argon-argon  dating  method  which 
direcdy  dates  individual  grains  of  a 
group  of  clay  minerals,  called  glau- 
cony,  that  commonly  form  within 
sediments  while  they  are  being 
deposited  in  water. 

Until  now  scientists  have  used 
potassium-argon  dating  on  large 
glaucony  samples  within  sediment 
to  obtain  average  ages.  This 


traditional  technique  has  been 
considered  unreliable  since  the  ages 
arrived  at  are  often  a few  million 
years  younger  than  those  found  in 
the  surrounding  igneous  rocks  and 
for  this  reason  some  geologists  have 
ignored  glauconies  in  constructing 
their  time  scales. 

In  an  analysis  of  individual  glau- 
cony grains  taken  from  three  bulk 
samples  previously  used  to  construct 
the  geologic  time  scale,  the 
researchers  found  the  grains  yielded 
ages  scattered  over  millions  of  years. 
“Each  grain  is  a different  clock,” 
said  Patrick  Smith,  a post-doctoral 
feUow  in  the  department.  Only  the 
oldest  grains  gave  the  correct  ages, 
which  were  known  before  from 
dating  contemporary  igneous  rocks. 

“We  hope  other  scientists  will 
now  reintegrate  glauconies  to  revise 


dates  and  ultimately  produce  a 
better  geologic  time  scale,”  said 
Norman  Evenson,  also  a post-doc- 
toral feUow  working  with  Professor 
Derek  York,  the  lead  investigator. 

The  study  says  the  different  states 
of  evolution  among  grains  in  a 
sample  may  also  indicate  variable 
sea  levels.  Glaucony  forms  in  shallow 
sea  water  and  this  process  slows  or 
stops  if  the  ocean  is  too  shallow  or 
too  deep.  “We  think  we  have  a way 
of  dating  the  times  at  which  glau- 
cony formation  is  going  on,  which 
allows  us  to  follow  the  ups  and 
downs  of  sea  level,”  Smith  said. 

This  new  knowledge  has  applica- 
tions in  the  oil  exploration  industry 
since  the  sea  level  conditions  for 
forming  glaucony  are  similar  to 
those  required  for  the  growth  of  the 
organisms  that  eventually  turn  to  oil. 


Law  Reaches  Out  to  Minorities 


BY  CHERYL  SULLIVAN 


X iu! 


'U  CAN  IMPROVE  THE 
justice  system  by  becoming 
a part  of  it.”  That  was  the  message 
lawyer  Julian  Falconer  delivered  to 
a group  of  165  top  visible  minority 
high  school  students  at  the  Faculty 
of  Law  attending  a secondary 
school  outreach  day  earlier  this 
month. 

Students  from  50  schools  took 
part  in  the  program,  organized  by 
the  faculty’s  minority  outreach 
committee  in  cooperation  with  the 
Metro  Toronto  School  Board.  They 
participated  in  small  group  discus- 
sions on  tough  legal  issues,  talked 
to  law  students  and  lawyers  about 
their  experiences  and  heard  about 
opportunities  in  the  legal  profes- 
sion, racism  in  the  justice  system 
and  the  role  of  law  in  social  change. 

“By  opening  up  the  doors  and 
inviting  students  in  we  are  trying  to 


break  down  institutional  barriers,” 
organizer  and  second-year  law  stu- 
dent Cornell  Wright  said.  “For  most 
of  these  students  it  is  their  first  time 
on  a university  campus  or  inside  a 
law  school.  We  also  want  to  break 
down  psychological  barriers.  In 
many  cases  people  don’t  associate 
themselves  with  law  school  or  high- 
er education.”  He  explained  that 
high  expectations  are  key  to  academ- 
ic success.  “It  opens  up  possibilities.” 
This  is  the  first  time  the  outreach 
day  has  been  held  but  attending  high 
school  students  hope  it  won’t  be  the 
last.  “It  opened  my  eyes  to  law  and 
made  me  consider  coming  here  in  the 
future,”  said  Wayne  Lord,  a Grade  12 
student  from  Stephen  Leacock 
Collegiate  Institute  in  Scarborough. 
“It  gives  you  a sense  that  you  can  be 
anything  you  want  to  be,”  said  fellow 
student  Tisha  Ray.  “Whether  you  are 
black,  white,  whatever,  society  allows 
you  to  do  that.” 


The  secondary  school  minority 
outreach  day  is  one  of  several 
initiatives  the  Faculty  of  Law  has 
designed  to  encourage  diversity 
within  the  university’s  law  classes 
and  within  the  legal  profession.  The 
faculty  also  participates  in  a U of  T 
multi-faculty  summer  mentorship 
program  aimed  at  encouraging  high 
school  students  in  under-represent- 
ed groups  to  consider  law.  Twelve 
to  15  visible  minority  students  par- 
ticipate in  the  program  each  year 
and  receive  a co-op  credit  for  their 
work.  A law  student  is  hired  to  run 
the  six  week  program  which 
includes  lectures  from  professors, 
mock  trials,  work  with  Downtown 
Legal  Services,  a tour  of  Osgoode 
Hall  and  attending  court  at  Old 
City  Hall.  Students  are  also  required 
to  complete  research  papers.  Last 
year’s  topics  included  euthanasia, 
hate  propaganda  and  the  Young 
Offenders  Act. 


UNIVERSITY  OFTORONTO  JOINT  CENTRE  FOR  BIOETHICS 

FOURTH  ANNUAL  JUS  LECTURE 

in  honour  of  Dr.  Andrzej  Jus 

“Basically  Honest  is  Not 
Good  Enough  In  Science” 

Floyd  E.  Blooniy  MD 

Editor-in- Chief,  Science 
Chair,  Department  of  Neuropharmacology 
The  Scripps  Research  Institute,  La  Jolla,  California 

Monday,  April  6th,  1998, 4:00-5:30  p.m. 

Banting  Hall,  The  Toronto  Hospital,  Norman  Urquhart  Wing 
Ground  Floor,  Room  113, 200  Elizabeth  Street 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 8 — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


Connaught  Fellowships, 
Matching  Grants  Announced 


BY  STEVEN DE  SOUSA 

The  Connaught  Committee 
has  announced  this  year’s 
recipients  of  its  research  fellowships 
and  new  staff  matching  grants. 

Nine  faculty  members  in  the 
humanities  and  social  sciences 
were  awarded  research  fellowships, 
allowing  redpients  to  take  six  months 
off  from  teaching  and  administrative 
duties  to  concentrate  on  their 
research.  Winners  also  receive 
$5,000. 

The  1997-98  winners  in  the 
humanities  are:  Professors  Melba 
Cuddy-Keane  of  English  at 
Scarborough  for  her  examination  of 
the  works  of  Virginia  Woolf;  Lloyd 
Gerson  of  philosophy  who  is  writ- 
ing a book  about  knowledge  in  the 
tradition  of  Plato;  Allan  Greer  of 
history  who  is  writing  a book  on 
Kateri  Tekakwitha,  the  first  North 
American  Indian  candidate  for 
sainthood;  Heather  Jackson  of 
English  who  is  examining  the 


margin  notes  people  make  when 
reading  books;  and  Wayne  Sumner 
of  philosophy  for  his  examination 
of  the  limits  of  free  expression. 

Redpients  in  the  sodal  sdences 
are:  Professors  Gary  Crawford  of 
anthropology  who  is  studying  the 
origins  of  agriculture  in  northern 
climates;  Gillian  Hadfield  of  law 
for  her  research  into  sodal  justice  in 
economic  markets;  Alo)^ius  Siow  of 
economics  for  his  look  at  markets  and 
gender  roles;  and  Judith  Teichman 
for  her  research  into  the  politics  of 


market  reform  in  Latin  America. 

Fellows  are  selected  on  their  record 
in  research  and  scholarship,  relative 
to  career  stage  and  on  the  scholarly 
merit  of  their  research  proposal. 

The  Coimaught  Committee  also 
awarded  44  new  staff  matching 
grants  for  new  junior  faculty 
members  who  are  launching  their 
research  careers  in  the  humanities, 
engineering,  social,  physical  and  life 
sciences.  The  committee  will  award 
up  to  twice  the  amount  committed 
by  a department,  up  to  $30,000. 


Cecil- Cockwell  New  Chair 


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of  experience  about  the  U of  T gov- 
ernance process,”  said  Comper. 
“There  is  to  my  mind  no  more 
committed  alumna.” 

President  Rob  Prichard  agreed. 
“Wendy  has  been  exceptionally 
effective  as  vice-chair.  She  is 
remarkable  as  a volunteer  in  her 


commitment  to  the  university  and 
she  knows  the  university  in  its 
many  parts  well.  She  wiU  be  a very 
worthy  successor  to  Tony.” 

Coundl  secretary  Jack  Dimond 
said  Cecil-CockweU’s  was  the  only 
name  put  forward  when  a call  for 
nominations  for  the  new  chair  was 
put  out  earlier  this  month. 


HART  HOUSE  FARM 


Dr.  Jack  Wayne,  Publisher,  and  the  Staff  at  Canadian  Scholars’  Press  Inc., 

Are  Pleased  to  Invite  You  and  a Guest 

To  OUR  Spring  Housewarming 
AND  Book  Launch 

Date:  Thursday,  March  26 
Time:  2:30-7:00  PM 
180  Bloor  Street  W.  Suite  1202 
Toronto,  Ontario 

Featured  Authors,  Editors  and  Titles: 

Toyomasa  Fuse 

Suicide,  Individual  and  Society 
2:30  to  4:00  pm 

Lori  Chambers,  Edgar-Andre  Montigny  and  Contributors 
Family  Matters:  Papers  in  Post-Confederation 
Canadian  Family  History 
4:00  to  5:30  pm 

Authors  of  our  French  as  a Second  Language  Titles: 

Renee  Baligand,  Christine  Besnard,  Parth  Bhatt, 

Jacques  Cotnam,  Charles  Elkabas,  Rosanna  Furgiuele, 

Aline  Germain-Rutherford,  Marilyn  Lambert-Drache, 

Daniel  Lepetit,  Pierre  Leon,  Marguerite  Mahler,  Neil  Naiman, 

Valentine  Watson  Rodger,  Janet  Paterson, 

Dany  Perramond,  Marie-France  Silver,  Russon  Wooldridge 
5:30  to  7:00  pm 


Saturday,  April  4, 1 998 

ACTIVITIES:  A day  of  making  maple  syrup,  maple 
toffee  and  feasting  on  all  the  pancakes  you  can  eat! 

A walking  tour  of  the  Farm  will  be  given.  Enjoy  a 
wood-fired  sauna  by  the  pond.  Musical  entertainment 
provided.  Syrup  will  be  for  sale  at  the  Farm. 

TRANSPORTATION:  Buses  leave  Hart  House  at 
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Me/s  available  at  the  Hall  Porters'  Desk 
beginning  March  2nd,  1 998. 

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Sexual  Harassment 


Stamp  on  Harassment 

Campus  complaints  officer  finds  frequent  misconceptions  about  her  role 

By  Michah  Rynor 


I 


■^HE  CHARMING  HOUSE  TURNED 
administrative  office  at  40  Sussex 
Ave.  is  a deceptively  quiet  spot;  in 
fact  this  office  will  receive  some  250  calls  a 
year  from  students,  faculty  and  staff  who  find 
their  lives  suddenly  unbalanced  by  the 
unwanted  attention  of  someone  on  campus. 

Sexual  harassment  at  Canadian  universities 
received  renewed  prominence  last  year  with 
the  bitter  dispute  over  a staff  member’s 
dismissal  and  then  reinstatement  at 
Simon  Fraser  University  commanding 
lurid  headlines  across  the  nation. 

In  the  Simon  Fraser  case  a swim  coach  was 
accused  of  sexually  harassing  a female  student 
who  was  on  the  school  team.  Before  the  case 
was  settled  the  swim  coach  would  lose  his  job 
only  to  be  reinstated  after  questions  were 
raised  about  the  impartiality  of  the  process 
and  the  university  administrators  involved. 

Despite  the  prominence  given  them,  such 
student-staff  harassment  complaints  remain 
comparatively  rare,  says  Paddy  Stamp,  the 
university’s  sexual  harassment  officer.  The 
most  common  complaint  she  hears  is  of  stu- 
dents being  harassed  by  other  students.  “It’s  a 
common  misconception  that  it’s  lecherous 
professors  after  young  females.  When  you 
consider  the  large  number  of  students  at  U ofT 
compared  with  the  vastly  smaller  number  of 
faculty,  it’s  easy  to  understand  where  the 
majority  of  problems  occur.” 

Another  misconception  Stamp  frequently 
encounters  is  that  her  office  will  automatical- 
ly side  with  any  complainant.  But  that  was 
never  meant  to  be  her  job,  she  says.  “Some 
people  think  that  I’m  solely  an  advocate  for 
alleged  victims  and  will  represent  only  their 
interests.  I don’t.  I take  up  the  interests  of  the 
university  through  the  mediation  and  resolu- 
tion of  complaints.”  Her  role  is  to  ensure  that 
both  the  complainant  and  the  respondent 
receive  a fair,  effective  and  unbiased  hearing, 
she  says. 


Stamp  deals  <with  problems  often  ^ 

Sexual  harassment  is  an  unfortunate  reality, 
she  says.  “Do  I think  that  men  have  a procliv- 
ity to  sexually  harass  women  and  women  to 
be  harassed  by  men?  No  I don’t.  Do  I think 
that  men  and  women  have  a proclivity  to  get 
along  with  one  another  and  form  personal 
and  professional  relationships  that  are  plea- 
surable and  interesting?  Yes  I do.  Do  I think 
that  sexual  harassment  is  a function  of  social 
location  and  political  power?  Of  course  I do,” 
she  says. 

Stamp  says  her  first  priority  when  an  alle- 
gation of  sexual  harassment  emerges  is  ensur- 
ing it  is  resolved  in  privacy.  “I  explain  [to 
complainants]  the  terms  of  confidentiality 
that  bind  both  of  us,”  says  Stamp.  “I  will  do 
nothing  with  the  information  they’re  providing 
me  without  their  permission.” 

After  hearing  a complainant’s  explanation, 
it  is  up  to  Stamp  to  decide  whether  the 


caused  by  lust,  rejection  and  power. 

conduct  described  falls  within  the  scope  of 
university  sexual  harassment  policies.  If  it 
does.  Stamp  explains  the  options  available, 
including  registering  an  official  complaint 
with  her  office.  If  the  complainant  decides  to 
go  ahead,  the  details  are  put  in  writing. 
Stamp  then  contacts  the  person  accused  and 
begins  the  delicate  process  of  informal 
resolution  through  mediation. 

“I’m  the  mediator,”  Stamp  says,  “and  I 
work  vfith  the  two  parties  in  order  to  make 
agreements  regarding  future  conduct.”  This 
agreement  may  include  having  the  com- 
plainant change  supervisors,  finding  ways  for 
the  two  parties  to  avoid  each  other  or  having 
them  agree  to  certain  behaviour  guidelines.  If 
this  doesn’t  work  the  complainant  can  request 
an  official  hearing  into  the  matter.  The  best 
measure  of  Stamp’s  mediation  skills  may  be 
that  such  a hearing  has  never  been  necessary 


in  the  seven  years  she’s  been  associated  with 
the  sexual  harassment  office. 

Education  is  also  a big  part  of  her  role. 
Stamp  says.  For  her  the  Simon  Fraser  case  is 
another  reminder  of  the  importance  of  mak- 
ing the  university’s  policy  on  sexual  harass- 
ment known  to  faculty  and  students.  She 
suggests  the  situation  there  might  not  have 
exploded  if  the  instructor  in  question  had  not 
taken  his  lawyer’s  advice  to  ignore  the  university 
hearing  and  allow  a decision  to  be  rendered  in 
his  absence. 

Thanks  to  an  ongoing  educational  push  on 
Stamp’s  part,  more  students  are  coming  for- 
ward with  incidents  of  sexual  harassment 
from  members  of  the  same  sex.  “When  I first 
came  to  this  office  I realized  that  I wasn’t  get- 
ting complaints  based  on  sexual  orientation. 
So  I worked  quite  hard  to  make  it  clear 
through  our  publications,  workshops  and 
lectures  that  our  policy  does  indeed  include 
sexual  orientation  harassment.” 

As  a result  the  numbers  of  complaints  have 
risen,  “not  because  there  has  been  a sudden 
surge  in  sexual  harassment  based  on  sexual 
orientation  but  because  there’s  a growing 
awareness  that  we  will  deal  with  these  com- 
plaints,” says  Stamp.  Common  occurrences 
on  campus  are  homosexual  insults  or  physical 
threats  from  a heterosexual  male  against 
another  male.  “A  heterosexual  or  homosexual 
student  being  harassed  sometimes  finds  it 
hard  to  accept  that  this  is  sexual  harassment 
when  it’s  coming  from  another  male.” 

Stamp  says  the  number  of  complaints 
at  U ofT  is  purely  a function  of  size.  Being  in 
constant  contact  with  other  colleges  and  uni- 
versities reveals  that  “this  level  of  complaints 
is  consistent  with  other  institutions  of  this 
size  and  it’s  certainly  a comparable  ratio  to 
other  big  universities  across  Canada.”  In  fact. 
Stamp  notes  in  her  annual  report  that  1997 
was  the  first  year  where  sexual  harassment 
complaints  actually  decreased  slightly. 


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ROB  ALLEN 


Books 


The  following  are  books  by  U ofT  staff. 
Where  there  is  multiple  authorship  or 
editorship,  staff  are  indicated  with  an 
asterisk. 

Can  Canada  Survive?  Under 
What  Terms  and  Conditions? 
Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society 
of  Canada  by  David  M.  Hayne 
(University  of  Toronto  Press;  126 
pages;  SIS).  In  November  1996  the 
fellows  of  the  three  academies  of  the 
society  — lettres  et  des  sciences 
humaines,  humanities  and  social 
sciences  and  sciences  — gathered  to 
discuss  perspectives  on  Canada’s 
future.  The  symposium  Can  Canada 
Survive?  Under  What  Terms  and 
Conditions?  resulted  in  10  valuable 
papers  by  insightful  contributors, 
published  in  this  volume. 

Criminal  Justice  in  the  Old  World 
and  the  New:  Essays  in  Honour  of 
J.M.  Beattie,  edited  by  Greg  T. 
Smith*,  AUyson  N.  May  and  Simon 
Devereaux  (Centre  of  Criminology, 
311  pages;  $25).  The  articles  in  this 
festscrift  are  all  drawn  from  primary 
historical  research.  Their  topics  cover 
the  gendered  nature  of  criminality. 


the  transformations  in  pre-trial  and 
trial  procedure,  the  role  of  medical 
experts  and  the  importance  of  jury 
composition  in  shaping  the  criminal 
trial,  the  18th-century  trial  and  the 
defence  of  English  liberties,  the 
sale  and  marketing  of  criminal 
biographies  and  the  administration 
of  pardons. 

A Romantic  Historiosophy:  The 
Philosophy  of  History  of  Pierre- 
Simon  Ballanche,  by  Arthur 
McCalla  (E.J.  Brill;  450  pages; 
$154).  This  study  locates  the 
philosophy  of  history  of  Ballanche 
(1776-1847)  within  the  intellectual, 
religious  and  social  life  of  Restoration 
and  early  July  Monarchy  France 
and  argues  for  the  recognition  of 
Ballanche  as  an  important  contrib- 
utor to  that  milieu.  Its  four  parts 
blend  the  topical  and  evolutionary 
approaches,  analysing  dominant 
themes  as  they  are  developed  across 
Ballanche’s  works.  It  demonstrates 
that  Ballanche’s  synthesis  of 
traditionalism,  liberalism  and 
illuminism  effected  a crucial  step  in 
the  historical-mindedness  of 
the  romantic  period. 


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HOLIDAY  SCHEDULE 
1998-99 


For  Academic  and  Non-Unionized  Administrative  Staff 

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• Canada  Day 

• Civic  Holiday 

• Labour  Day 
•Thanksgiving  Day 

• Christmas/New  Year 

• Good  Friday 

• Victoria  Day 


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Friday,  April  2, 1999 
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Monday,  May  24, 1999 


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Labour  Day  annually. 


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1999  falls  on  Thursday,  July  1, 1999. 

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schedules  in  such  divisions  as  the  Central  Library,  UTCNS,  or  Facilities 
and  Services,  where  announcements  will  be  made  separately.  In  other 
areas,  certain  staff  may  be  required  to  maintain  essential  services  or  to 
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University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 11  — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


Letters 


Not  the  whole  picture 

Since  I receive  The  Bulletin  by 
mail,  this  comment  is  late  and 
may  already  have  been  answered. 
However,  I write  because  I find  it 
curious  that  a university  publica- 
tion illustrates  an  article  with 
questionable  data. 

Mapping  It  Out  by  Bonnie 
Patterson  is  illustrated  by  a map 
showing  the  percentage  of  decrease 
and  increase  in  public  funding  for 
universities  (Forum,  March  2).  At 
least,  I suppose  that  is  what  it  is 
though  it  is  not  stated  in  the  key. 
Although  I have  sympathy  for  the 
institutions  whose  funds  have  been 
decreased,  the  case  is  far  from  clear 
on  the  basis  of  this  simplistic 
statement.  Perhaps  the  greatest 
decrease  was  in  the  provinces  that 
initially  had  the  highest  funding 
— or  were  they  already  the  lowest? 

It  would  have  been  more  reveal- 
ing to  tabulate  (alongside  the 
percentage  of  change)  the  public 
spending  per  capita  of  population 
in  each  province/state;  per  capita 
of  university  student;  and  as  a 
percentage  of  gross  product  in 
the  province/state. 

Though  tangential,  the  increase 
of  8,000  students,  stated  in  the 
argument,  also  requires  explana- 
tion. Is  it  due  to  an  increase  of 
those  seeking  higher  degrees  or 
to  low  admission  standards? 

Blanche  van  Ginkel 
School  of  Architecture  Csf 
Landscape  Architecture 

Just  plain  retired 

The  English  language  has  a long- 
established  and  growing  list  of 
once  obviously  masculine  Latin 
nouns  ending  in  -or  (actor,  author, 
doctor,  professor,  etc.)  that  have 
been  neutered  and  are  used  indis- 
criminately of  both  men  and 
women,  specifically  feminine 
forms  either  never  having  existed 
or,  as  in  the  case  of  “actress,”  rapid- 
ly passing  out  of  use.  The  stUl- 
Latin  phrase  “professor  emeritus,” 
however,  with  its  masculine  adjec- 
tive used  to  modify  a masculine 
noun,  as  Latin  grammar  requires, 
upsets  many  people  who  perceive 
as  inappropriate  its  (also  long- 
established)  use  to  describe  retired 
women  professors  as  well  as  their 
male  counterparts.  They  have 
started  using  the  term  “professor 
emerita,”  an  ungrammatical 
construction  that  offends  those, 
including  a lot  of  women,  who 
think  that  educated  people  should 
not  solve  their  problems  by  taking 
refuge  in  a show  of  ignorance.  In 
Latin  properly  used,  after  all,  a 
woman  can  no  more  be  a professor 
emerita  than  a man  can  be  a 
persona  (non)  gratus. 

The  intelligent  solution  might 
be  to  abandon  Latin  and  use 
English,  from  which  most  signs  of 
linguistic  gender  have  already  been 
eliminated.  This  could  easily  be 
done  by  reviving  the  long-obsolete 
English  adjective  “emerited,” 
which  was  taken  direcdy  from 


emeritus  and  meant  the  same 
thing,  i.e.,  retired  from  active 
service;  having  served  out  one’s 
time.  (Modern  German  has  the 
cognate  form  “emeritiert”  which 
means  the  same  thing.)  We  could 
say:  “He  or  she  is  an  emerited 
professor,”  and  we  could,  if  we 
wished,  use  the  less  formal  term 
“emeritee”  (on  the  model  of 
retiree)  to  refer  to  emerited  per- 
sons of  both  sexes.  Alternatively 
we  could  dispense  completely  with 
all  the  derivatives  of  emereor,  refer 
simply  to  retired  professors  and 
sign  ourselves  “professor  of  this  or 
that  (ret.).” 

My  own  preference  would  be  to 
continue  to  use  the  traditional 
professor  emeritus  and  construe  it 
as  an  inclusive  term.  But  if  that 
continues  to  be  a source  of  contro- 
versy and  injured  pride,  then  either 
of  the  above  alternatives  would  be 
preferable  by  far  to  the  shabby 
exercise  in  bad  grammar  that  is 
professor  emerita. 

James  Estes 
History 

Frustrating  research 

I have  been  informed  that,  due  to 
administration  policies  recently 
implemented,  I have  been  cut  off 
from  access  to  UTORdial,  unless  I 
pay  or  my  department  pays  for 
extra  tokens. 

I am  currently  on  research  leave 
and  on  four  out  of  five  weekdays 
work  more  profitably  at  home 
§ince  that  gives  me  two  more 
hours  per  day  for  research  that 
otherwise  would  be  spent  travel- 
ling. Since,  even  though  I am  on 
research  leave,  I conduct  an  e-mail 
thesis  seminar  for  my  doctoral 
students  and  am,  furthermore,  co- 
editor of  an  international  transla- 
tion project,  secure  access  to  e-mail 
is  vital.  U ofT’s  “chass”  domain  is 
simply  not  acceptable  since  it  is 
well-nigh  impossible  to  access  via 
dial-in,  even  in  early  morning  and 
late  at  night.  Moreover  one  would 
have  thought  that  at  a university 
that  boasts  of  being  a research 
institution,  research-related 
activities  would  deserve  the  very 
best  in  tools. 

To  be  sure,  my  department  is 
prepared  to  buy  the  required  tokens 
for  me  to  continue  my  research  in 
the  most  conducive  manner.  But 
consider  the  implication.  The 
department,  due  to  the  rapacious 
policies  of  the  central  administra- 
tion, is  already  so  strapped  for 
funds  that  it  cannot  even  reimburse 
faculty  members  for  a single  con- 
ference attendance  per  annum,  no 
matter  what  one’s  level  of  involve- 
ment in  international  scholarship. 
Moreover  it  has  recently  been 
forced  by  outstanding  “debts”  to 
the  dean  of  arts  and  science  to  give 
up  a replacement  in  Egyptology, 
promised  by  the  administration  in 
return  for  the  recent  merger  of  two 
departments  (Near  Eastern  studies 
and  Middle  East  and  Islamic  studies). 
At  nearly  every  departmental 


meeting  we  are  told  about  further 
“debts”  owed  to  the  dean.  And  so 
the  squeeze  goes  on  and  the 
stran^lation  continues! 

That  same  department  is  now 
once  again  being  asked  to  make  up 
for  an  administration  that  refuses 
to  put  its  money  where  its  mouth 
is.  How  the  chief  administrators  of 
this  shameful  institution  can  have 
the  gall  to  trumpet  that  U ofT  is  a 
research  institution  when  at  almost 
every  turn  it  frustrates  research  and 
the  means  to  communicate  it  is 
difficult  to  understand.  It’s  high 
time  that  we  expose  the  adminis- 
tration’s claim  for  the  sham  it  is. 

Albert  Pietersma 
Near  and  Middle  Eastern 

CmUZATIONS 

Read  Gospels  in  Greek 

The  letters  by  my  colleagues 
Trevor  Lloyd  in  history  and 
Graeme  Nicholson  in  religion 
distressed  me  because  they  show  so 
little  respect  for  Anatole  Rapoport 
and  for  scholarship  (Letters,  March  2). 

I have  known  Rapoport  for  13 
years,  even  attended  his  classes 
during  the  1986-87  academic  year, 
and  the  last  thing  I would  ever 
accuse  him  of  is  stepping  in  a cow- 
pat,  as  Graeme  Nicholson  suggests 
he  does,  nor  is  he  so  bigoted  as  to 


engage  in  jokes  “at  Christian 
expense.”  It  distresses  me  especial- 
ly that  my  colleague  from  the 
Centre  for  the  Study  of  Religion 
would  make  such  accusations.  I 
fear,  gentlemen,  you  do  not  know 
this  honourable  man  who  has  been 
nominated  for  the  Nobel  Peace 
Prize  and  richly  deserves  it  in  my 
judgement.  You  border  on  vilifying 
him  publicly  and  I suggest  owe 
him  an  apology.  I know  that  acad- 
emics seem  to  find  it  hard  to  do  so 
but  I still  believe  that  an  apology  is 
one  of  the  nobler  things  we 
humans  can  offer  each  other  since 
no  one  is  perfect. 

To  be  sure,  Rapoport  did  not 
perfectly  reflect  my  position,  but 
he  did  catch  the  heart  of  it  which 
rests  solidly  on  my  reading  of  the 
text,  the  Greek  text.  Unfortunately 
neither  Nicholson  nor  Lloyd  show 
any  interest  in  looking  at  the 
Greek  text  but  prefer  the  King 
James  version.  To  prove  me  wrong 
they  will  need  to  show  me  one 
place  in  the  passion  narratives  (in 
Greek,  please!)  of  all  four  Gospels 
where  Judas  is  called  a “traitor”  or 
described  as  “betraying  Jesus.” 
Once  only  in  Luke  6 is  the  word 
“traitor”  used  to  describe  Judas  as 
such.  Surely  the  Jewish  and 
Christian  legal  practice  that  it 
takes  more  than  one  witness  to 


move  something  from  rumour  to 
fact  or  historical  truth  applies. 

But  please,  gentlemen,  do  not 
disgrace  us  all  by  playing  with 
(Enghsh)  words.  Rapoport  at  least 
read  my  book.  I am  sure  you  agree 
that  respectable  and  responsible 
scholarship  must  work  with  the 
original  languages  in  which  docu- 
ments are  written.  If  anyone  really 
would  like  to  defend  Judas  as  trai- 
tor, please  review  my  evidence. 
Judging  by  the  scholarly  response 
to  my  central  thesis  that  a critical 
analysis  of  the  word  used  to 
describe  the  act  of  Judas  cannot 
sustain  the  charge  of  betrayal,  it 
behooves  those  who  must  have 
him  as  traitor  to  defend  the  walls 
of  their  fortress  well. 

I never  suggested  that  one  has 
to  treat  Judas  as  a whistleblower:  I 
only  proposed  that  as  one  possible 
option.  It  should  be  noted  that  the 
scholar  John  Dominic  Crossan 
recently  gave  that  a favourable 
nod.  But  all  must  be  determined 
by  our  reading  of  the  sources  in 
the  original  languages.  I would 
enjoy  nothing  more  than  a public 
discussion  with  responsible 
scholars  on  this  matter. 

William  Klassen 
Centre  for  the  Study  of 

Reugion 


On  the  Other  Hand 

B Y Nicholas  P a s h l e y 

Simple  as  ABD 


IN  THESE  SENSITIVE  TIMES  IT  IS 
essential  to  avoid  stereotyping 
people.  I for  one  refuse  to  stoop  to 
images  of  parsimonious  Scots,  humour- 
less Germans  or  ethically  challenged 
lawyers.  (Well  okay,  lawyers  are  fair 
game,  but  not  this  month.) 

One  stereotype  that  lingers  on  is  that 
of  the  dumb  athlete.  Once  again  people 
are  tajking  about  bringing  athletic  scholarships  to 
Canadian  universities  and  the  purists  are  up  in  arms. 
We  don’t  want  our  ivied  halls  sullied  by  men  and 
women  who  sweat.  But  as  Juvenal  — himself  a second- 
round  draft  pick  in  77  AD  — put  it,  “Mens  sana  in 
corpore  sano,”  which  means  (and  I think  I’ve  got  this 
right)  men  in  saunas  aren’t  aazy  about  corporations. 

The  notion  that  athletes  are  dim  just  won’t  go 
away.  A few  years  ago  the  then  head  coach  of  our  very 
ovm  football  team  lamented  this  university’s  high  aca- 
demic standards.  How,  he  wondered,  w'as  he  to  field  a 
competitive  team  with  nothing  but  smart  people  to 
choose  from? 

Then  there  was  the  American  story  of  the  basketball 
phenomenon  who  was  recruited  some  years  ago  by  a 
major  Midwestern  university.  Hang  on,  said  one  of  the 
pedants:  this  is  a major  university,  shouldn’t  he  demon- 
strate some  sort  of  intellectual  ability?  So  the  young 
man  was  duly  subjected  to  an  oral  exam  and  asked  to 
name  as  many  months  of  the  year  as  he  could  recall. 
His  75  per  cent  mark^was  deemed  satisfactory;  after  all, 
some  of  them  are  fairly  difficult.  My  point,  however, 
is  that  four  years  later,  having  been  exposed  to  the 
university  environment,  he  could  probably  name  as 
many  as  KXor  11  months,  possibly  even  in  order. 
Some  sports  have  become  integral  parts  of 


American  university  life.  Isn’t  it  a comfort 
to  watch  an  NFL  game,  knowing  that  prac- 
tically all  the  players  have  university  educa- 
tions? One  can  only  imagine  the  quality  of 
the  locker  room  discussions.  Other  sports 
have  not  integrated  themselves  as  success- 
fully into  college  programs.  Take  baseball, 
for  example.  Earlier  this  month  there  was 
the  sad  tale  of  the  Boston  Red  Sox  first 
baseperson  Mo  Vaughn,  charged  with  drunk  driving 
in  Massachusetts. 

According  to  the  Associated  Press  story,  Vaughn 
had  left  a Rhode  Island  strip  club,  had  somehow  dri- 
ven into  a car  parked  off  the  highway  and  rolled  his 
pickup  truck.  Arresting  officers  testified  that  Vaughn 
made  a hash  of  eight  sobriety  tests  and  that  on  his 
third  attempt  to  recite  the  alphabet  managed  only 
“A-B-D-C-H-L-M,”  which  suggests  a willingness 
to  help  but  not  much  more. 

Sounds  like  an  open-and-shut  case,  right?  Not  so 
fast.  Vaughn  had  a lawyer,  one  Kevin  Reddington, 
who  noted  that  his  chent  might  not  have  been  drunk. 
Might  have  been  (a)  sleepy;  (b)  dazed  by  his  accident; 
or  (c)  unstable  because  he  had  gained  weight  in  the 
off-season.  Not  guilty,  cried  the  judge,  very  possibly  a 
Red  Sox  fan. 

What  is  my  point?  My  point  is  that  if  Vaughn  had 
spent  four  years  at  university  he  might  have  done  bet- 
ter on  the  alphabet,  the  alphabet  being  a major  part 
of  day-to-day  campus  life.  My  other  point  is  that  a 
lawyer  who  can  make  weight  gain  a legal  defence  is 
worth  keeping  in  mind  next  time  you  face  charges  in 
Massachusetts.  I will  also  note  that  the  day  after  his 
acquittal  Mo  Vaughn  returned  to  spring  training  and 
hit  three  home  rubs.  I’ll  have  whatever  he’s  having. 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 12  — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


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Annex  summer  sublet.  Attractive,  com- 
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and  Bloor.  Close  to  U of  T and  subway.  Fully 
furnished.  Washer/dtyer.  Dishwasher.  $1 ,800 
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535-4713. 

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floors  of  house,  common  entrance,  2 bed- 
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House  swap/lease.  High  Park/Toronto, 
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1999.  Close  to  subway,  park.  (416)  762- 
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Want  swap  in  Dublin/lreland  or  suit  visiting 
professor. 

Sabbatical  rental.  Charming  3BR  house  in 
Leslieville  (Gerrard  & Greenwood);  new 
kitchen,  central  air,  garage;  close  to 
Beaches,  TTC;  furnished  option;  non-smokers. 
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Executive  ranch-style  bungalow,  4 bedrooms, 
3 bathrooms,  swimming  pool,  sauna,  luxury 
furnished  family  home,  antiques  8i  artwork. 
Easy  TTC/subway  & U of  T access.  Available 
month  of  July  1998.  $2,500.  Phone  (416) 
232-2077. 

High  Park.  Charming,  3-bedroom,  furnished 
house  overlooking  beautiful  High  Park. 
Walk  to  subway.  Minutes  to  lake. 
Washer/dryer/dishwasher.  Available  mid- 
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month  inclusive.  (416)  769-9433.  E-mail: 
jrshea@interlog.com 

Annex,  quiet,  single  non-smoker,  3rd  floor, 
house,  bed-sitting  room,  separate  kitchen. 
Share  bath.  Available  immediately. 
$450/month.  References.  (416)  923-0781 
(leave  message). 

Newly  renovated  2-  & 3-bedroom  apart- 
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throughout  the  4-piece  baths  & kitchens.  Patio 
door  walk-out  to  20x20  deck.  New  fridges  & 
stoves.  For  more  info  call  657-81 96. 

Avenue/Eglinton.  2-bedroom  house,  1 
year,  5 minutes  to  subway,  quiet  street,  2 full 
bathrooms.  Avenue  bus  to  U of  T,  finished 
basement,  garage,  fireplace,  park,  recreation 
centre,  walk  to  shops,  furnished  or 
unfurnished.  $1,350  -h  utilities.  485-8249, 
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Luxury  2-bedroom/2-bathroom  High 
Park  penthouse  condo.  Fully  furnished' with 
office  (fax,  computer,  etc),  etc.  Panoramic 
view  of  Lake  Ontario,  Toronto  skyline.  1- 
minute  walk  to  subway.  March  30  — June 
30.  Call  767-7772. 


Accommodation 
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House  or  2-3  bedroom  apartment  in 

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newborn,  non-smoking,  non-drinking,  no 
pets.  Phone  (415)  668-3941  or  e-mail: 
bayoumi@stanford.edu 

Quiet,  responsible  graduate  student 

seeks  studio  apartment  or  bedroom  and  study 


with  shared  facilities.  Prefer  walking  dis- 
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or  starling@chass.utoronto.ca 

Professional  couple  (non-smoking,  no 
pets)  seeks  1-  or  2-bedroom  furnished 
house/apartment  to  sublet/house-sit  from 
Mayl  — August  31  in  the  Annex  or  close  to 
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Danforth  and  Broadview.  Fully  renovat- 
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smoking, pet-free,  organized,  quiet. 
Includes  maid/utilities.  Call  Ken  Shepard, 
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Southwest  France.  Aveyron.  Comfortable 
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Rentable  weekly,  monthly,  year-round.  Clegg, 
Villevayre,  1 2270  Najac,  France.  Tel/Fax  00  33 
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Paris-Montmartre.  Perfect  sabbatical  rental. 
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1.  $1,975  monthly.  (416)  978-4882  or 
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U of  T.  Restored  Victorian  home.  Single,  dou- 
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588-0560. 


Vacation  / Leisure 


IRELAND.  Authentic  century  cottage  near 
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floors,  open  hearths,  gas  lighting.  For  more 
info  see  this  Web  site:  http://www. 
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1860s  private  house,  sleeps  4.  To  rent  by 
the  week  to  careful,  non-smoking  visitors. 
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or  Toronto  (41 6)  425-0453. 


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confidential  environment.  U of  T extended 


health  benefits  provide  excellent  coverage. 
Evening  and  weekend  hours  available.  Dr. 
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The  Medical  Arts  Building,  170  St.  George 
Street.  944-3799. 

INDIVIDUAL  AND  COUPLE  THERAPY. 

Twenty  years'  experience  in  counselling  for 
personal  and  relationship  difficulties.  Coverage 
under  staff  and  faculty  benefits.  Dr.  Gale 
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Individual  psychotherapy  for  adults. 

Evening  hours  available.  Extended  benefits 
coverage  for  U of  T staff.  Dr.  Paula  Gardner, 
Registered  Psychologist,  1 14  Maitland  Street 
(Wellesley  and  Jarvis).  469-6317. 

PSYCHOANALYTIC  PSYCHOTHERAPY 

with  a Registered  Psychologist.  Dr.  June 
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George  Street  (Bloor  and  St.  George).  928- 
3460. 

Psychologist  providing  individual  and 
group  psychotherapy.  Work  stress,  anxiety, 
depression  and  women's  health.  U of  T staff 
health  plan  covers  cost.  Dr.  Sarah  Maddocks, 
registered  psychologist,  1 1 4 Maitland  Street 
(Wellesley  & Jarvis).  972-1935  ext.  3321 . 

Psychotherapy.  Dr.  Joan  Hulbert, 

Psychologist.  Yonge  Street  near  Davisville. 
(416)  465-9078.  Focus  on  depression, 
anxiety,  substance  abuse,  difficulties  with 
assertiveness,  relationship  problems,  self- 
esteem, abusive  relationships.  Fees  may  be 
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at  Berkeley,  923-7146.  Brief  holistic  coun- 
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anxiety,  phobia,  grief,  substance  abuse,  rela- 
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reimbursement  through  UT/insurance  benefits. 

Individual  cognitive  behavioural  psy- 
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disorders,  depression,  anxiety  and  women's 
issues.  U of  T staff  extended  health  care  ben- 
efits provide  full  coverage.  Dr.  Janet  Clewes, 
Registered  Psychologist,  183  St.  Clair  Avenue 
West  (St.  Clair  and  Avenue  Road).  929-3084. 

Psychological  services  for  children, 

adolescents  and  families.  Comprehensive  as- 
sessment of  learning  problems,  emotional 
and  behavioural  difficulties.  Individual  psy- 
chotherapy, parent  counselling.  Dr.  Meagan 
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message. 

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gay/lesbian  issues,  women's  issues.  U of  T ex- 
tended health  benefits  cover  fees.  Evening  ap- 
pointments available.  The  Medical  Arts  Building 
(St.  George  and  Bloor).  (416)  932-8962. 

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learning  disabilities.  Benefits  packages  may 
provide  complete/partial  reimbursement.  Dr. 
Jo-Anne  Finegan,  Psychologist.  1 300  Yonge 
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Psychotherapy  for  adults.  Depression, 
anxiety,  stress;  personal,  relationship,  fami- 
ly and  work  concerns.  Dr.  Carol  Musselman, 
Registered  Psychologist,  252  Bloor  Street 
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consultation.  Day  or  evening  hours.  May  be 
covered  by  extended  health  benefits. 

Psychologist  providing  individual, 
group  and  couple  therapy.  Personal  and  re- 
lationship issues.  U of  T extended  health 
plan  provides  some  coverage  for  psycholog- 
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Heather  A.  White,  535-9432,  140  Albany 
Avenue  (Bathurst/Bloor). 

Dr.  Dvora  Trachtenberg,  Registered 
Psychologist.  Individual  psychotherapy. 
Couple/marital  psychotherapy,  Fees  covered 
by  U of  T staff  and  faculty  health  plan. 


Evening  appointments  available.  The  Medical 
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DR.  WENDY  C.  CHAN  CONSULTANTS  of 

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vices by  Registered  Psychologist  and  associ- 
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stress,  depression,  anxiety,  pain  coping  prob- 
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Dr.  Jennifer-Ann  Shillingford.  Registered 
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BEHAVIOUR  THERAPY  for  stress,  anxiety, 
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Un'iveisilyofToronlD 

Department  of  Political  Science 
and  the  John  M.  Olin  Lecture  Series 


present  a lecture  by: 


Michael  Walzer 

Professor  in  the  School  of  Social  Science 
Institute  for  Advanced  Study 


"Deliberation... 
and  What  Else?" 

With  a response  by  Professor  Ronald  S.  Beiner 

Department  of  Political  Science,  University  of  Toronto 

Tuesday,  March  31, 5:30  p.m. 

Alumni  Hall,  Room  400  (St.  Michael's  College) 

121  St.  Joseph  Street 


A follow-up  seminar  will  take  place  the  next  day: 
Wednesday,  April  1,  10:00  a.m. 

Sidney  Smith  Hall  Room  3037 
1 00  St  George  Street 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 13  — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


Event. 


Lectures 


Can  We  Write  the  History 
of  a Gaze?  Alfred  Barr  and 
Jasper  Johns. 

Wednesday,  March  25 

Prof.  Thomas  Crow,  Yale  University.  140 
University  College.  4:30  p.m.  Fine  Art 

Transforming  the 
Culture  of  Death. 

Wednesday,  March  25 
Dr.  Kathleen  Foley,  Memorial  Sloan- 
Kettering  Cancer  Centre,  N.Y.;  annual 
Philippa  Harris  lecture.  Main  Lecture 
Theatre,  6th  floor.  Princess  Margaret 
Hospital.  5:15  p.m.  Joint  Centre  for 
Bioethics 

The  Politicization  of  the  Labour 
Relations  Framework  in  Ontario. 

Wednesday,  March  25 

Kevin  Burkett,  arbitrator  and  mediator; 
Larry  Sefton  memorial  lecture.  Innis 
College  Town  Hall.  8 p.m.  Woodsworth_ 
and  Industrial  Relations 

Designing  a Cultural  Strategy  for 
a Canadian  Knowledge  Nation. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Sheila  Copps,  minister  of  Canadian  her- 
itage; Canada  by  Design  visionary  speak- 
er series.  205  Claude  T.  Bissell  Building. 
140  St.  George  St.  12  noon  to  2 p.m. 
KMDI,  McLuhan  Program,  FIS, 
Information  Commons,  Centre  for 
Academic  Technologies  and  CITO 

Design  Safety: 

Vertical  People  Movers. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Louis  Bialy,  Otis  Elevator,  United 
Technologies;  Clarice  Chalmers  design 
lectures.  102  Mechanical  Engineering 
Building.  12:10  p.m. 

Future  Trends  in  Silicon 
Processing:  Gateway  to 
Nanoelectronics. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Gant  Bai,  Intel  Corp.  266  Pratt  Building. 
2 p.m.  Advanced  Nanotechnology 

Levinas,  Memory  and  the 
Obligations  of  Readership. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Mark  Clamen,  PhD  candidate,  philoso- 
phy. Room  8-214,  252  Bloor  St.  W. 
3:30  to  5:30  p.m.  Testimony  & Historical 
Memory  Project,  OISEAJT 

Derivatives  in  a 
Dynamic  Environment. 

Thursday,  March  26 
Prof  Em.  Myron  Scholes,  Stanford 
University.  Fleck  Atrium,  Rotman 
School  of  Management.  6 p.m.  Rotman 
School  of  Management 

Jesus,  Socrates  and  Simcoe  Hall. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Prof.  Paul  Gooch,  philosophy.  Wycliffe 
College.  7 p.m.  Campus  Chaplain's  Office 

Immigrant  Nurses: 

Human  Rights  and  the  State. 

Friday,  March  27 
Prof  Agnes  Calliste,  St.  Francis  Xavier 
University.  Room  506,  203  College  St. 
2 to  4 p.m.  Ethnic,  Immigration 
Pluralism  Studies 

Deliberation  ...  and  What  Else? 

Tuesday,  March  31 
Prof.  Michael  Walzer,  Institute  for 
Advanced  Study.  Alumni  Hall,  St. 
Michael’s  College,  121  St.  Joseph  St. 


5:30  p.m.  Political  Science  and  John  M. 
Olin  Lecture  Series 

Nashe’s  Unfortunate  Traveller 
as  an  Anatomy  of  Abjection. 

Wednesday,  April  1 

Prof  Michael  Keefer,  University  of 
Guelph.  Senior  Common  Room, 
Victoria  College.  4:10  p.m.  Reformation 
& Renaissance  Studies 

From  Here  to  Eternity:  The 
Ancient  Mystery  Cult  at  Eleusis. 

Wednesday,  April  1 
Prof  Michael  Cosmopoulos,  University 
of  Manitoba.  140  University  College. 
4:15  p.m.  Archaeological  Institute  of 
America,  Toronto  Society 

Recovering  the  Nation? 
India’s  Partition  and  the 
Case  of  “Abducted”  Women. 

Thursday,  April  2 

Jill  Didur,  PhD  candidate,  York 
University.  Room  8-214,  252  Bloor  St. 
W.  3:30  to  5:30  p.m.  Testimony  & 
Historical  Memory  Project,  OISEAJT 

Jesus  and  the  Cross. 

Thursday,  April  2 

Sylvia  Keesmaat,  Institute  for  Christian 
Studies.  Wycliffe  College.  7 p.m.  Campus 
Chaplains  Office 

Sanctuary  for  Refugees:  The 
American  and  Canadian 
Experience. 

Friday,  April  3 

Prof  Hilary  Cunningham,  University  of 
Notre  Dame.  Room  506, 203  College  St. 
2 to  4 p.m.  Ethnic,  Immigration  & 
Pluralism  Studies 

The  Epigraphic  Experience: 
Luxor’s  Chicago  House. 

Friday,  April  3 

Steven  Shubert,  Near  and  Middle 
Eastern  civilizations.  142  Earth  Sciences 
Centre.  6:30  p.m.  Society  for  the  Study  of 
Egyptian  Antiquities 

Basically  Honest  Is  Not 
Good  Enough  in  Science. 

Monday,  April  6 

Dr.  Floyd  Bloom,  Scripps  Research 
Institute,  La  Jolla,  Calif;  annual  Jus  lec- 
ture. Banting  Hall,  Room  113,  Toronto 
Hospital.  4 to  5:30  p.m.  Joint  Centre  for 
Bioethics 

Lesbians’  Experiences  of 
Human  Rights  Violations: 

A Global  Perspective. 

Monday,  April  6 

Maureen  Anne  Giuliani,  PhD  candidate, 
women’s  studies  program;  Popular 
Feminism  lecture  series.  Room  3-312, 
252  Bloor  St.  W.  8 p.m.  Womens  Studies 
in  Education,  OISEAJT 


COLLOQUM 


Molecules,  Synapses  and 
Learning:  The  First  Pieces  of 
Evidence  for  the  Involvement  of 
an  eph-FamUy  Tyrosine  Kinase  in 
Neural  and  Behavioural 
Plasticity  in  Mice. 
Wednesday,  March  25 
Robert  Gerlai,  Genetech,  Inc.  4043 
Sidney  Smith  HaU.  4 p.m.  Psychology 

Is  Consent  Really  Necessary? 

Thursday,  March  26 
Prof  Anatoly  Langer,  Department  of 
Medicine;  brown  bag  discussion.  Dean’s 
Conference  Room,  main  floor.  Medical 
Sciences  Building.  12  noon.  Research 
Services 

Quantum  Computing 
with  Trapped  Ions. 

Thursday,  March  26 


Prof  Christopher  Monroe,  National 
Institute  of  Standards  8c  Technology, 
Boulder.  102  McLennan  Physical 
Laboratories.  4:10  p.m.  Physics 

Self-Constitution  in  the  Ethics 
of  Plato  and  Kant. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Prof.  Christine  Korsgaard,  Harvard 
University.  179  University  College: 
4 p.m.  Philosophy 

Unresolved  Loss,  Frightened  and 
Frightening  Caregiving  and 
Attachment  Disorganization 
in  Infancy. 

Monday,  March  30 
Prof  Deborah  Jacobvitz,  University  of 
Texas  at  Austin.  4043  Sidney  Smith 
Hall.  4 p.m.  Psychology 

The  Physics  of  Magic  and  Vice 
Versa  — a Travelling  Road  Show. 

Thursday,  April  2 

Prof  Dave  Wall,  City  College  of  San 
Francisco.  102  McLennan  Physical 
Laboratories.  4:10  p.m.  Physics 

Michael  de  Leone’s  Hausbuch: 
The  Making  of  a Medieval 
Miscellany  Manuscript. 

Friday,  April  3 

Prof  Melina  Adamson,  University  of 
Western  Ontario.  323  Victoria  College. 
4 p.m.  IHPST 


Seminars 


Methodology  of  Research  on 
Early  Buddhism. 

Monday,  March  23 

Prof  Em.  A.K  Warder,  East  Asian  stud- 
ies. Combination  Room,  Trinity  College. 
7 to  9 p.m.  Trinity  Divinity 

Prayer  and  Spirituality 
in  the  Art  of  Healing. 

Monday,  March  23 

Pattabi  Raman,  Center  for  the 
Promotion  of  Learning  Abilities, 
Renton,  Wash.;  reflections  on  a sympo- 
sium held  in  spring  1977.  4279  Medical 
Sciences  Building.  7:30  p.m.  Campus 
Association  for  Baha'i  Studies 

Targeting  Memory  Using 
Immunoadhesins:  EphA5,  a 
Receptor  Tyrosine  Kinase,  Plays 
Roles  in  Hippocampal  Neural 
and  Behavioural  Plasticity 
in  Vivo  in  Mice. 
Wednesday,  March  25 

Robert  Gerlai,  Genentech  Inc.  968 
Mt.  Sinai  Hospital.  12  noon.  Samuel 
Lunenfeld  Research  Institute 

G Protein-Calcium  Ion  Link  in 
Bipolar  Affective  Disorder. 

Wednesday,  March  25 
Masoumeh  Emamghoreishi,  PhD 
candidate,  pharmacology.  4227  Medical 
Sciences  Building.  4 p.m.  Pharmacology 

New  Values  for  the 
Coming  World  Order. 

Wednesday,  March  25 
Pattabi  Raman,  Center  for  the 
Promotion  orf  Learning  Abilities, 
Renton,  Wash.  3109  Sanford  Fleming 
Building.  7:30  p.m.  Campus  Association 
for  Baha'i  Studies 

Evaluation  of  Teaching  and 
Programs  at  the  Undergraduate, 
Postgraduate  and  Continuing 
Education  Level. 

Thursday,  March  26 

Speakers:  Drs.  Gary  Sibbald,  Jerry 
Tenenbaum  and  Anita  Rachlis, 
Department  of  Medicine;  education 
grand  rounds.  Cummings  Auditorium, 
Women’s  College  Hospital. 
7:30  to  9 a.m. 


Imidazolines,  a New  Chemical 
Class  of  Anti-Diabetic 
Compounds. 

Friday,  March  27 

Gerald  Gold,  Lilly  Research  Laboratories, 
Indianapolis.  3231  Medical  Sciences 
Building.  12  noon.  Physiology 

The  Lost  Ark:  Biodiversity  in  the 
Primary  Forests  of  Vietnam. 

Friday,  March  27 

Doug  Currie,  Royal  Ontario  Museum. 
3127  South  Building,  University  of 
Toronto  at  Mississauga.  12  noon.  UTM 
Biology 

Democratization,  Institution 
Building  and  the  Prevention  of 
Complex  Human  Emergencies. 

Friday,  March  27 
Prof  Richard  Sandbrook,  political  science; 
development  seminar.  Conference  Room, 
Centre  for  International  Studies,  8th  floor, 
252  Bloor  St.  W.  12  noon  to  2 p.m. 

Global-Local  Interaction  and 
Political  Space. 

Friday,  March  27 
Prof  Jonathan  Barker,  political  science. 
3050  Sidney  Smith  Hall.  2 to  4 p.m. 
Political  Science 

The  Chemistry  of  Fungal 
Antagonism  and  Defence. 

Friday,  March  27 

Prof  James  Gloer,  University  of  Iowa. 
3087  Earth  Sciences  Centre.  3:30  p.m. 
Botany 

Mind,  Body  and  Agjng: 

An  Overview  of  Later- Life 
Changes  with  Aging  in  the 
Human  Body  and  the  Mind. 

Monday,  March  30 
Profs.  Robert  Goode,  Faculty  of  Physical 
Education  8c  Health,  and  Gordon 
Winocur,  psychology.  Suite  106,  222 
College  St.  4:30  to  6:30  p.m.  Human 
Development,  Life  Course  & Aging 

The  Academic  Study  of 
Buddhism  in  North  America: 

A Silent  Sangha. 

Monday,  March  30 

Prof  Charles  Prebish,  Pennsylvania  State 
University.  Combination  Room,  Trinity 
College.  7 to  9 p.m.  Trinity  Divinity 

Characterization  and  Treatment 
of  Solid  Waste  Generated  in  Iron 
and  Steel  Manufacturing. 

Ghassan  Abouatallah,  graduate  student, 
chemical  engineering  and  applied  chem- 
istry. 252  Mechanical  Engineering 
Building.  12  noon.  Environmental 
Engineering 

Deliberation  ...  and  What  Else? 

Wednesday,  April  1 

Prof  Michael  Walzer,  Institute  for 
Advanced  Study;  follow-up  to  lecture 
March  31.  3037  Sidney  Smith  Hall. 
10  a.m.  Political  Science  and  John  M.  Olin 
Lecture  Series 

Engineering  Surfaces  with 
Polymers  and  Amphiphiles. 

Wednesday,  April  1 

Prof  Matthew  Tirrell,  University  of 
Minnesota.  116  Wallberg  Building. 
12:30  p.m.  Chemical  Engineering  & 
Applied  Chemistry 

Discovery  of  a Novel  Estrogen 
Response  Element. 

Wednesday,  April  1 
Na  Yang,  Eli  Lilly  Research 
Laboratories.  4227  Medical  Sciences 
Building.  4 p.m..  Pharmacology 

In  the  Crossfire:  The  East 
Galician  Jewry  in  Wars  and 
National  Conflicts,  1914-1920. 


Wednesday,  April  1 

Alexander  Prusin,  PhD  candidate, 
history.  2090  Sidney  Smith  Hall.  4 p.m. 
CREES 

Changing  Attitudes  to  the  Body 
in  Japan:  From  the  18th  to  the 
21st  Centiuy. 

Thursday,  April  2 
Morris  Low,  Australian  National 
University;  Hannah  seminar  for  the  his- 
tory of  medicine.  Great  Hall,  88  College 
St.  4 to  6 p.m.  History  of  Medicine 

Genetic  Conflict  between  the 
Sexes:  Implications  for 
Speciation  and  the  Evolution  of 
the  Y Sex  Chromosome. 

Friday,  April  3 

Prof.  Bill  Rice,  University  of  California  at 
Santa  Cruz.  3127  South  Building, 
University  of  Toronto  at  Mississauga. 
12  noon.  UTM  Biology 

The  Taxonomy  of  Patience,  or 
When  is  Patientia  Not  a Virtue? 

Friday,  April  3 

Prof  R.  Kaster,  Princeton  University. 
144  University  College.  3:10  p.m.  Classics 

Field  Methods  in  Research  in 
Ethnic  Buddhist  Communities. 

Monday,  April  6 

Prof.  Janet  McLellan,  study  of  religion. 
Cartwright  Hall,  St.  Hilda’s  College. 
7 to  9 p.m.  Trinity  Divinity 


Meetings  & 
Conferences 


Planning  & Budget  Committee 

Tuesday,  March  24 
Council  Chamber,  Simcoe  Hall.  5 p.m. 

Victoria  Women’s  Association. 

Wednesday,  March  25 

University  Professor  John  Polanyi  of 
chemistry  and  Nobel  laureate  will  be  the 
guest  speaker  at  the  meeting.  Alumni 
Hall,  Victoria  College.  2 p.m. 

Public  Good  or  Private  Greed? 
Building  a Democratic  Society. 

Saturday,  March  28 

Progressive  Academic- Activist  Collective 
conference  with  Josephine  Grey,  Low 
Income  Families  Together;  Prof  Em. 
Mel  Watkins,  economics;  Ruth  Grier, 
former  minister  of  both  environment  and 
health;  and  Andrea  Calver,  Ontario 
Coalition  for  Social  Justice.  Innis  College 
Town  Hall.  9:30  a.m.  to  3:30  p.m. 
Registration  is  free.  Information:  978-1558. 

University  Affairs  Board. 

Tuesday,  March  31 
Council  Chamber,  Simcoe  Hall.  4:30  p.m. 

Planning  & Budget  Committee. 

Tuesday,  April  7 
Council  Chamber,  Simcoe  hall.  5 p.m. 


Plays  ^Readings 


Tuesday,  March  24 
Author  reads  from  his  new  book  The 
Gifts  of  the  Jews',  U of  T Bookstore 
Reading  Series.  George  Ignatieff 
Theatre,  15  Devonshire  Place.  7:30  p.m. 
U ofT  Bookstore  and  CBC  Radio  One 

The  King  Stag. 

Wednesdays  to  Sundays, 
March  25  to  April  5 

By  Carlo  Gozzi,  translated  by  Albert 
Bermel  and  Ted  Emery;  directed  by  Alec 
Stockwell.  Graduate  Centre  for  Study  of 
Drama  production  in  collaboration  with 
Department  of  Italian  Studies.  Robert 
Gill  Theatre,  Koffler  Student  Services 
Centre.  Performances  at  8 p.m.  except 
Sunday  2 p.m.  Tickets  $15,  students  and 
seniors  $12.  Box  Office:  978-7986. 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 14  — Monday,  March  23, 1997 


Eric  McCormack. 

Thursday,  March  26 
Reading  by  author  of  The  First  Blast  of 
the  Trumpet  Against  the  Monstrous 
Re^ment  of  Women.  Hart  House  Library. 
4 p.m.  Hart  House  Library  Committee  and 
Celtic  Underground 

The  Insect  Play. 

Thursday  TO  Saturday, 
March  26  to  March  28 

Adapted  by  Stephen  Johnson  from  the 
work  of  Karel  and  Josef  Capek;  directed 
by  Jennifer  Johnson  and  Stephen 
Johnson.  Handmade  Performance  pro- 
duction. Studio  Theatre,  4 Glen  Morris 
St.  Performances  at  8 p.m.  Tickets  $10. 

Deborah  Tannen. 

Tuesday,  March  31 

Author  reads  from  her  new  book  The 
Argument  Culture:  Movingfrom  Debate  to 
Dialogue.  U ofT  Bookstore.  7 p.m.  U ofT 
Bookstore 


Exhibitions 


UNIVERSITY  OF  TORONTO 
ART  CENTRE 
Richard  Gorman: 

Recent  Watercolours. 


To  March  27 

Highlights  recent  gifts.  Alcove  space. 

Problem  Pictures. 

To  March  27 

Selections  from  permanent  collections; 
explores  problems  inherent  in  any  collec- 
tion: provenance,  authenticity,  attribu- 
tion. Boardroom  space.  Hours:  Tuesday 
and  Friday,  11  a.m.  to  4 p.m.;  Wednesday 
and  Thursday,  11  a.m.  to  7 p.m.; 
Saturday,  12  noon  to  4 p.m. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  TORONTO 
AT  SCARBOROUGH 
Student  Elxhibition. 

To  March 27 

Annual  juried  student  exhibition. 

Senior  Student  Exhibition. 

April  1 to  April  17 
Work  of  senior  students.  The  Gallery. 
Gallery  hours:  Monday  to  Friday, 
11  a.m.  to  4 p.m. 

REGIS  COLLEGE 
Intus/Foris.  A Dialectic. 

To  March  28 

Claudia  Sbriss,  new  works.  Foyer.  Hours: 
Monday  to  Friday,  9 a.m.  to  5 p.m. 


Committees 


Task  Force 


Task  Force  to  Develop  an  Asia 
PACinc  Strategy 
The  vice-president  (research  and  inter- 
national relations)  and  the  provost  in 
consultation  with  the  vice-president  and 
chief  development  officer  have  agreed 
on  the  advice  of  the  International 
Academic  Advisory  Board  that  there 
be  a review  of  the  current  organization 
and  efficacy  of  the  arrangements  of 
the  university’s  activities  related  to  the 
Asia-Pacific  region.  In  pursuit  of  the 
objective  of  considering  an  Asia- 
Pacific  strategy  for  the  university. 
Professor  Heather  Munroe-Blum, 
vice-president  (research  and  interna- 
tional relations),  and  Provost  Adel 
Sedra  have  appointed  a two-person 
task  force:  Professors  Michael 
Donnelly,  associate  dean  (develop- 
ment), Faculty  of  Arts  8c  Science,  and 
Marion  Bogo,  Faculty  of  Social  Work. 

Terms  of  Reference 

1.  Describe  the  range  of  teaching 
activities  of  the  University  ofToronto 
related  to  an  understanding  of  the  region. 

2.  Review  the  various  sources  of  data 
and  information  available  at  the 
University  ofToronto  pertaining  to 
the  Asia-Pacific  region. 

3.  Describe  the  full  range  of  research 
programs  and  linkages  among  schol- 
ars at  the  University  ofToronto  and 


scholars  in  the  Asia-Pacific  region. 

4.  Review  student  recruitment  and 
exchange  activities  at  the  University  of 
Toronto  pertaining  to  the  Asia-Pacific 
region. 

5.  Describe  alumni  and  development 
activities  targeted  towards  the  region. 

6.  Review  Asia-Pacific  activities  and 
the  ways  in  which  these  are  organized 
at  selected  universities  in  Canada  and 
elsewhere  that  might  constitute  an 
effective  reference  group  for  the 
University  ofToronto. 

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from  its  membership  (Chairs/Directors  of  graduate  units) 

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students  of  the  division 

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I -i  ‘I 


The  People  vs.  Margaret  and  Barker  Fairley 

Nearly  fifty  years  ago  a U of  T professor  was  banned  fom  the  United  States;  his  former  colleague  acquiesced 

By  David  Kimmel 


I 


"^HIS  ESSAY  IS  ABOUT  MARGARET  AND 
Barker  Fairley,  two  Toronto  teachers 
and  writers  who  were  well  known  to  the 
University  College  community.  Barker,  who  died 
in  1986  at  nearly  100  years  old,  is  remembered 
fondly  by  the  friends  who  survived  him  and  who 
set  up  the  Barker  Fairley  Distinguished 
Visitorship  in  Canadian  Studies  here  at  UC. 

Most  of  you  won’t  know  much  about  Barker; 
maybe  you  wondered  why  there  is  a Barker  chair 
at  UC  for  “fairly  distinguished”  visitors.  Even 
fewer  of  you  will  know  of  Margaret  Adele,  his 
wife  of  over  50  years  who  died  in  1968.  Margaret 
(nee  Keeling)  was  Oxford  educated,  finishing 
with  a “first”  in  English  though  denied  her 
degree  because  she  was  a woman.  At  the 
University  of  Alberta  she  met  Barker  Fairley. 

They  married  in  1913  and  she  resigned  her  posi- 
tion as  dean  of  women  to  move  with  Barker  to 
Toronto. 

In  1932,  the  Fairleys  returned  to  England. 

Amid  the  working-class  poverty  and  political 
unrest  of  Depression-era  England,  Margaret  fell 
in  Mth  Marxist  activists  and  when  the  family, 
missing  Canada,  returned  in  1936,  she  joined  the 
Communist  party  here  and  remained  a member  until  she  died. 

In  Toronto,  Barker  became  head  of  University  College’s 
German  department.  Margaret,  her  children  now  grown,  also 
took  up  the  pen.  In  1946  she  published  her  first  book.  The 
Spirit  of  Canadian  Democracy,  an  anthology  that  “established 
the  continuity  between  Marxist  literary  activity  and  other  writ- 
ing of  social  protest  in  Canada.”  Two  years  later  Barker  pub- 
lished his  landmark  book  .<4  Study  of  Goethe,  which  confirmed 
his  status  as  one  of  the  world’s  leading  Germanists.  In  1949  the 
world  celebrated  the  200th  anniversary  of  Johann  Wolfgang 
von  Goethe’s  birth  and  Barker  Fairley,  now  the  foremost 
Goethe  scholar  working  in  English,  was  invited  to  several 
American  and  British  universities  to  keynote  the  festivities. 


Barker  was  at  New  York’s  Columbia  University  as 

a visiting  professor  that  same  year.  His  stay,  he  later  said,  was 
personally  rewarding  though  mainly  uneventful.  Uneventful, 
that  is,  until  the  last  weekend  of  March  when  Margaret  visit- 
ed. She  had  planned  her  trip  to  coincide  with  the  Cultural 
and  Scientific  Conference  for  World  Peace  (often  called  the 
Waldorf  Conference  because  most  of  the  events  were  held  at 
the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel).  The  conference  had  been 
planned  by  a group  of  left-wing  American  intellectuals 
known  as  the  National  Council  of  Arts,  Sciences  and 
Professions  and  it  won  endorsements  from  such  important 
figures  as  Thomas  Mann,  Aaron  Copland  and  Albert 
Einstein.  But  the  support  of  these  men  and  others  hardly 
muted  the  suggestion  that  the  conference  was  underwritten 
by  the  Soviet  propaganda  organ  Cominform.  New  York 
University  philosopher  Sidney  Hook  certainly  thought  it  was. 

Organizers  had  denied  Hook  the  chance  to  deliver  a 
lecture.  Hook  took  the  decision  personally  and  in  response 
organized  a counter-conference  under  the  auspices  of  a group 
called  Americans  for  Intellectual  Freedom.  Some  of  his  crit- 
ics suggested  that  the  group  was  the  creature  of  the  U.S.  State 
Department  but  Hook  was  probably  acting  in  tandem  with 
fellow  pragmatic  rationalists  to  support  “freedom  of  expres- 
sion.” Feeling  that  a possible  anti-intellectual  inquisition 
would  be  a greater  threat  to  the  American  way  of  life  than 
ever  was  the  eventuality  of  Communist  subversion.  Hook  and 
his  cohorts  felt  the  most  practical  means  of  preventing  possi- 
ble future  witch-hunts  was  to  marginalize  and  discredit  those 
American  intellectuals  who  would  wittingly  or  otherwdse 
support  Stalin’s  Soviet  Union. 

But  it  did  look  as  though  Hook  and  Americans  for 
Intellectual  Freedom  were  cooperating  with  Secretary  of 
State  Dean  Acheson,  who  labelled  the  planned  Waldorf 
Conference  “a  sounding  board  for  Communist  propaganda.” 
Weeks  before  the  conference,  Washington  began  refusing 
visas  to  high-profile  left-wing  foreign  nationals. 

Another  partner  in  the  effort  to  discredit  the  conference 
was  the  New  York  press.  The  run-up  to  the  conference  was 


marked  by  an  escalation  in  newspapers’  attention  to  the 
subversive  wiles  of  world  communism.  In  a story  printed 
nation-wide,  the  United  Press  wire  service  confirmed  the 
conference  a Communist  party  “front”  activity. 

The  conference  turned  out  to  be  a wild  and  rough  affair.  In  a 
foreshadowing  of  the  McCarthyism  to  come.  Hook  and  his  peo- 
ple held  a rally  at  Madison  Square  Garden.  Afterwards  thou- 
sands of  anti-communist  protesters  filled  the  streets  outside  the 
Waldorf — the  largest  demonstrations  in  New  York’s  history. 


Barker  AND  Margaret  Fairley  left  after  only  a few 
minutes  at  the  opening  banquet  at  the  Waldorf  But  not  of 
their  own  accord.  During  the  dinner  Margaret  was  called 
away  from  her  table,  understanding  that  there  was  a tele- 
phone call  for  her.  She  and  Barker  walked  out  of  the  banquet 
hall  and  into  the  hands  of  waiting  U.S.  Immigration  Service 
investigators.  Then  they  were  led  away  for  questioning,  but 
not  before  having  their  pictures  taken  by  well-placed  newspa- 
per photographers.  The  hour-long  interrogations  were  con- 
ducted as  politely  as  possible  under  the  unpleasant  circum- 
stances. Barker,  insisting  that  he  belonged  to  no  political 
party  and  never  had,  was  released.  Margaret,  however,  was 
told  she  should  prepare  to  leave  the  U.S.  at  once  or  face  arrest. 
When  she  asked  what  the  charges  would  be,  officials  told  her 
— a 65  year-old  grandmother  — that  she  was  considered  a 
threat  to  national  security.  She  was  on  the  next  train  home. 


Pearson  admitted 
NO  Canadian  protest 

HAD  BEEN  MADE 
OR  EVEN  PLANNED 


The  following  day,  the  Fairleys’  story  was  covered  in  the 
Canadian  press  with  a certain  amount  of  disbelief  Margaret 
told  reporters,  tongue-in-cheek,  that  her  expulsion  was  based 
on  the  fact  that  the  U.S.  did  not  allow  atheists  into  the  coun- 
try. Unstated  was  the  fact  that  she  was  a member  of  the 
Labour  Progressive  Party  — in  other  words,  a Communist. 
The  New  York  JournaTAmerican,  however,  running  a large 
front-page  photo  of  the  Fairleys  leaving  the  Waldorf  in  dis- 
grace, did  make  that  fact  abundantly  clear.  At  last  and  for  all 
to  see,  real  live  Communists  had  been  sniffed  out  at  that 
dubious  peace  conference.  Offered  up  to  the  hungry  press 
as  scapegoats,  they  became  central  figures  in  some 


of  the  most  lurid  stories  in  almost  a month  of 
sensationalized  news  coverage. 

Barker  was  allowed  to  stay  in  New  York  to 
complete  his  term  at  Columbia.  But  when  he 
tried  to  return  to  the  States  later  in  1949,  he  was 
refused  admission  — banned  permanendy,  in 
fact,  from  entering  the  U.S.  Officials  at  Bryn 
Mawr  College  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  to 
have  delivered  the  prestigious  Flexner  lectures, 
made  inquiries  and  protested  his  mistreatment. 
But  it  was  to  no  avail.  Friends  and  colleagues  at 
Columbia  had  also  voiced  their  concern  about 
what  happened  in  March  at  the  Waldorf 
University  president  Dwight  Eisenhower  was 
reportedly  disturbed  by  the  way  the  Fairleys 
were  persecuted. 

The  only  real  show  of  support  by  Canadians, 
however,  was  made  by  a group  of  expatriate  grad- 
uate students  at  Columbia.  In  a letter  sent  to 
political  leaders  back  home,  they  expressed  their 
objections  to  the  U.S.  government  officials’  mis- 
treatment of  Barker  and  Margaret.  What 
alarmed  these  Canadian  students  most  was  that 
the  incident  had  not  become  an  “issue.” 
Foreigners  in  the  United  States,  they  wrote,  had 
reason  to  be  concerned  about  their  own  personal  welfare.  As 
things  stood,  they  had  “no  way  of  knowing  what  action  of 
theirs  may  constitute  grounds  for  being  asked  to  leave  the 
country.”  They  were  particularly  distressed  by  the  attitude  of 
U.S.  officials  who  acted  on  the  assumption  that  “the  govern- 
ment of  a neighbouring  power,  traditionally  friendly  to  the 
United  States,  would  be  reluctant  to  object  to  such  treatment 
of  its  citizens.” 

Secretary  of  State  for  External  Affairs  Lester  Pearson,  who 
had  taught  history  at  U of  T when  Barker  Fairley  was  teach- 
ing German,  did  order  an  investigation  of  the  incident. 
However,  he  underscored  that  his  interest  in  what  happened 
to  the  Fairleys  was  “solely  in  the  fact  of  their  being  Canadian 
citizens  and  must  not  be  interpreted  as  indicating  approval”  of 
their  political  views. 

Pearson  admitted  to  the  House  of  Commons,  in  a matter- 
of-fact  tone,  that  no  Canadian  protest  had  been  made  or  was 
even  planned.  Instead,  he  at  first  reserved  judgement  on 
whether  “further  steps”  were  necessary.  Six  months  later 
Pearson  flippantly  condoned  “our  neighbour’s  legitimate 
desire  to  strengthen  its  border  regulations  in  order  to  hinder 
the  tourist  and  convention  actiidties  of  Communist  agents.” 
His  only  reservation  concerned  the  inconvenience  and 
embarrassment  caused  to  innocent  citizens.  All  he  and  his 
diplomats  could  do  was  to  discuss  the  question  with  U.S. 
authorities  on  a “very  friendly  basis,  as  we  always  do.” 

Three  years  later  Margaret  was  one  of  the  few  Canadian 
writers  to  openly  criticize  the  parties  involved  in  what  is 
known  as  the  “TSO  Six”  affair.  The  six  musicians  were  not 
rehired  by  the  Toronto  Symphony  Orchestra  when  the  U.S. 
Immigration  Service  ruled  that  their  presence  on  American 
soil  would  be  “detrimental  to  the  best  interests  of  the  coun- 
try.” The  orchestra  did  nothing  to  support  its  banned  musi- 
cians; the  inquires  of  Canada’s  ambassador  were  ineffectual. 
Writing  about  the  incident  Margaret  characterized  the  event 
as  a “conspiracy  of  silence”  that  included  Pearson,  now  chan- 
cellor of  Victoria  College.  In  her  opinion  the  fact  that 
Pearson  could  do  nothing  about  the  affront  to  the  dignity  of 
six  Canadian  musicians  was  proof  of  something  larger  than 
simple  harassment  of  a few  apparently  left-leaning  citizens. 

The  impact  of  the  Waldorf  episode  was  not  hurtful  in  the 
long  run  for  Barker.  The  lectures  he  was  not  allowed  to  give 
at  Bryn  Mawr  were  published  in  1953  and  became  a classic 
text  in  German  literary  studies.  In  later  years  he  said  his 
exclusion  from  the  United  States  probably  gave  him  the 
opportunity  for  his  work  to  flourish.  But  the  ban  was  never 
lifted,  and  he  returned  to  the  U.S.  only  once;  as  a very  elder- 
ly man,  he  slipped  across  the  border  at  Lewiston.  “Just  for 
kicks,”  he  said. 

David  Kimmel  teaches  Canadian  Studies  at  Brock  University.  He 
spoke  at  this  year’s  UC  Symposium  on  Gossip,  Denunciation  and 
Praise. 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 16  — Monday,  March  23, 1998 


PEARSON  PHOTO  BY  JACK  MARSHALL.  DIGITAL  PHOTO  ASSEMBLY  BY  MIKE  ANDRECHUK